chingchonger

Environmentalist will tell you:
Less meat = less livestock = less feedstock for livestock = more food for alternative fuel = less use of fossil fuel

Alternative fuels are better for the environment. Less livestock also equal less waste. Less energy will be used to take care of the waste.

Environmentalist will also tell you:
A billion ways to be "green".

Being "green" is not doing just one thing. It's do everything you can within reason. A combination of solutions will result in a greener and less fossil fuel dependant world.

Lone Ranger

A quick googling digs up a few apparently unbiased links.:

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/co...427_493909.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18162493/

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/0...ategory=health

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/208537/3/



Here's biased link brought to you by those who stand to make dumpsters full of money off ethanol production:

http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/facts/environment/

Daverb

I am still getting the same gas milage when checking the DIC. Made a trip from my home to Lincoln, 72 miles mainly hghy. 33mpg, around town anywhere from 20 to 25 mpg.

I have 16" tires, and keep them at the recommended 30psi. And I use E10 blend ethanol. According to the owners manually this is the only ethanol blend you should use. I have seen were others said they use E85, but I believe it is not recommended for the HHR. and if not recommended, could, should and more than likely void any engine warrany.

Z-Man

Hey Goose
I have notice the same thing, but then again the gas here has gone up also
$3.18 on the South East side of Chicago and $2.90 in Hessville IN. and my mileage has also drop about 4 miles, I guess its Winter time I am at over 58K on my HHr now.

later GooseMan

Z

chingchonger

I have read every single article and I am not convinced that ethanol is a bad idea.

2nd & 3rd article said it "may" cause smog. That's only if EVERYONE switched to E85. That is never going to happen, so Jacobson's point is moot.

SandyBeach

The best solution is an electric vehicle recharged with solar panels. Yes, conservation is a very good first step. Maybe we need to divert the money to repair interstates and use it instead to construction high-speed rails? I'd travel by rail just to avoid airline delays.

Offy

[QUOTE=chingchonger;210055]Environmentalist will tell you:
Less meat = less livestock = less feedstock for livestock = more food for alternative fuel = less use of fossil fuel

If we would quit eating meat and driving cars, oh what a wonderful world it would be!!!