Obvio car will run on whatever fuel you've got

This looks interesting! The comment in the "grass hopper" section certainly does have "third world" potential. I am in the industry that exports fuel from South Africa to neighbouring countries like Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and the 'Democratic' Republic of Congo. The biggest problem experienced in this line is the theft of product. The losses are serious enough for certain transporters to withdraw their fleets from this route.

The pro's and con's of bio/eco fuel are many and varied and so long as their are two or more people alive on this earth there will be two or more opinions contradicting each other. For example, introduce this concept into a poor third world country and you could well have the oil companies (and the transporters still brave enough to carry export loads) on your back even if Greenpeace has given you the seal of approval and provided you can dodge bullets and land mines!

Pessimisms aside, I like this idea.

impossible with todays technology

a car cannot run on a diverse range of fuel

explain how it can run on banana peels.....

>impossible with todays technology

>a car cannot run on a diverse range of fuel

>explain how it can run on banana peels.....

I find your use of the word impossible, interesting! This same thinking caused Galileo's' excommunication and murder. The same thinking now kills the simple carburization physics that produce an output of 50-100+ miles per gallon, thus after being purchased by oil companies are then buried deep in some catacomb. As for the use of banana peels......what is the by-product of any organic decomposition?

I think this is a positive move..

As for the use of banana peels......what is the by-product of any organic decomposition?

obviously another village idiot at work

how long does it take to decompose i want to use it now!

will it also run on Flintstone power

only an idiot would think you car run a car on any fuel

you couldnt tune a car to run on any fuel anyway

they have enough trouble running on 2 different fuels

Although the referenced article doesn't do a good job of explaining it, the car actually runs on three "fuels," gasoline, alcohol, or electricity (I used the quotes because electricity isn't really a fuel, as it needs to be generated, usually from another fuel source.) Hence "tribryd."

The article mixes the Obvio car up with a student-designed walk behind tractor that supposedly runs on any dry biomass - although they don't explain how. One possible way would be to grind and burn the biomass to run a steam engine.

recycle your own waste

not cost effective what about enviroment

Guest wrote: (I'll assume you're talking about the walk-behind tractor, not the car. I think we settled that issue).

Not cost effective

Compared to what? Remember we're talking about the third world here.

What about environment

Well, burning anything isn't great for the environment, whether its biomass, gasoline, or diesel oil. It's possible that you could build this to operate reasonably cleanly since, if it's a steam engine as I suggested earlier it would be using continuous combustion. At least you're releasing current carbon into the atmosphere, not carbon that was sequestered 400 million years ago.

Waste not--want not!

Think 11 times --see if you can avoid that car trip. Can't you walk down to the convenience store at the corner? Park the car in the Garage- keep battery trickle charged-feel good!

Socrates was once spotted in the Bazaar. Everyone came and asked of him.

"Teacher,-you? In the Bazaar?"

Teacher said "I came to see -what I can do without"

> obviously another village idiot at work

Now days it seems that when someone can not or will not work towards a solution, it is easier to attack the character.... Some individuals considered Einstein an idiot. Thanks for the compliment.......