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Hard Case In Florida
Hi All.
This place is great. I'm so glad I found my way here. I have to tell you though, I have lost hours and hours in these forums. Soaking up more data in an hour than I could learn in days elsewhere. Thanks for that. I hope I can return the favor somehow. Meanwhile, I joined because I'm sick of being dependent on oil, and while I figure out some way to create a battery powered vehicle for myself, I want to reduce the oil I use for my personal transportation. That's where the hard case comes in. I drive a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 w/V10 8L gas engine. I love the truck and the load capacity, but the 9 MPG hurts. One part of the plan is to get into a '10 Prius soon I hope. Also, I am looking for all the great tips on here that might apply to a full sized pickup truck. Yeah, I think there is a ScanGauge in my future. PS. I like battery powered because, as we convert to all electric, we have the opportunity to recharge those batteries with wind, solar, and other renewable resources. |
Hi, Smaridge. There are lots of people here trying to squeeze more mpg out of their pickups, and I'm sure, with a little effort and a few mods, you could increase your fuel economy 30-50% - Imagine 14mpg!
I think the Prius, perhaps converted to plug in, would be a great idea. It can do at least 98% of the jobs that most people ask their full sized pickups to do. For the other 2% of the time, I borrow or rent a truck or minivan. Whatever you decide to drive, I hope you find some useful information here, and post up some innovative mods of your own. |
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But what do you think the power plants that deliver your electricity run on? (Hint: your electrical power is probably not made with the alternatives you mentioned. But since you don't see how it is produced, the electrical power that is delivered to you looks clean and pure.) It reminds me of the old joke about sausages: those who enjoy sausages and laws should never witness how either is made. :D |
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That's why I said we have the 'opportunity' to use renewable sources, not that we would be. And hey, then we can get into a whole new discussion about the invested energy used to produce the new technologies. And then we can talk about the toxic crap in batteries, and it goes on and on. So we have to start somewhere, eh? |
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Your signature line is: "There was life before oil, there can be life without it. "
That hints a bit at a progressive or crusading spirit. The implication is that life would unquestionably be better without oil. Life before oil was more nasty, brutish and short (for most people, for many reasons) - hardly as utopian or bucolic as some today might like to think of the past. Oil and other advancements relieved us of a life sodden with soot and horse manure. |
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BUT... life AFTER oil is not going to be anything like life BEFORE oil. We have many OTHER wonderful technologies now that almost guarantee life after oil will be much better than life before oil. The good news is that it's still a matter of personal choice. You don't have to do a thing about it if you don't want to. It sounds like you don't like the idea of change. If you are lucky, you can drive a gas-burner the rest of your life and not have to change. Leave it to somebody else. Thanks for your good points. :) |
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Because of oil, many peoples lives are cut short (pollution, war). Gas is a considerable part of most peoples budgets, and can lower someones standard of life instantly when prices go up. (Remember $4 /gallon gas?) Quality of life means different things to different people. Right now I live in Texas, which has about the worst air quality in the US. So to me, quality of life here is not good. |
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This thread went south quickly.
Good luck on the conversion. |
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