Re: 2005 Gasoline Versus 1930's Gas

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 20, 2005 at 17:01:36 from (209.226.106.122):

In Reply to: Re: 2005 Gasoline Versus 1930's Gas posted by Bill in NC on February 20, 2005 at 16:10:46:

Bill: Really don't want to voice an opinion as to why. What I do see is tractor, truck, etc. not as productive as a comparable unit of 30 years ago. Some of these enviormental efficiency experts have a lot of one sided equasions. Kind of like the low water volume toilet, yes it takes 25% less water for a flush, but in most cases you must flush twice. Or the trucker on here the other night, he was told his new truck would give 1 mpg less than his 4 year old truck. Now if it's going to take more fuel, it will also require more oxygen to burn that extra fuel. I for one think we will run out of oxygen long before the emissions get us.

I remember an accident number of years back, crew had a gasoline pump operating in a manhole. Pump was not operating very well so one guy went down to make it run better. He faltered much like the engine. A second guy went down to help the first guy. They both perished. Finding of the inquest stated that lack of oxygen, not monoxide was cause of death. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution we have reduced the oxygen content in our atmosphere from 40% down to roughly 18% in 2005. Only two things going to work, our engines suck in less oxygen and we grow more lushous green plants to replace the oxygen.

I'd be willing to bet if our offset Farmalls were tuned up and sent off to Nebraska tests they would do just as well on todays fuel as they did all those many years ago.

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