"Der now, all you has to do ist elect me president and us'n Svedes will feex dee energy problem. I'll throw in some Svedish meatballs too."
Posted on 05/31/2008 10:42:20 AM PDT by PROCON
GOTEBORG, Sweden: Taking a road trip? Remember to visit the toilet first. This city is among dozens of municipalities in Sweden with facilities that transform sewage waste into enough biogas to run thousands of cars and buses.
Cars using biogas created a stir when they began to be rolled out on a large scale at the start of the decade. The tailpipe emissions are virtually odorless, the fuel is cheaper than gasoline and diesel, and the idea of recovering energy from toilet waste appealed to green-minded Swedes.
"When you're in the bathroom in the morning and you can see something good come of that, it's easy to be taken in by the idea - it's like a utopia," said Andreas Kask, a business consultant who drives a taxi in Goteborg. "But it hasn't worked out that well in reality."
Drivers complained that there were too few filling stations and that cars only held enough biogas for two or three hours of driving. Some also said early models of biogas cars performed poorly on steep climbs, were sluggish on damp mornings and had reduced trunk room because of bulky tanks.
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and another alternative to dinoenergy!
I love the innovations.
Not everyone will like any switch from ME Oil though.
"Der now, all you has to do ist elect me president and us'n Svedes will feex dee energy problem. I'll throw in some Svedish meatballs too."
Graffiti in rest rooms will read: “Flush twice. It’s a long way to Stockholm.”
I’ve heard people say thier is a Piece of Sh*t, and I have heard them say it runs like a piece of sh*t, but this is the first time I have ever head of one running on sh*t.
BORK BORK BORK
Just think of it though.
There's enough $h!t on Capital Hill to make us energy independent!
Virtually odorless is not odorless!
I always knew you Swedes were full of sh—!. ;-)
That’s a keeper.
Ping-worthy?
LMAO!
“Special High Intensity Technology”
“Special High Intensity Technology”
If it’s virtually indistinguishable from natural gas, why go to all the trouble to create new fueling stations for automobiles? Isn’t there a gas delivery infrastructure already in place for home heating, etcetera?
Haven’t they discover the glorious brilliance of using all their corn instead?????
You type standing up? Interesting. (grin)
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