[cruiser_guy]

Originally Posted by sandcruiser

15,000 gallons / 52 weeks is 300 gals/week, right? Seems like more than enough for 2 or maybe even 3 families. Possibly enough for a small village that doesn't commute to work every day.

300 gallons a week for only 2-3 families!! How much do you drive in a week? I might use 20-30 gallons in a month. On my drive north in the summer when I'm on the road all day I usually need to refuel once a day at 20 gallons/day or 140 gallons a week.

Originally Posted by sandcruiser

Regardless, it is too bad that the mainstream media doesn't seem to be giving this issue as much attention as they are giving to corn-based ethanol. Clearly it would cost a lot of $$ to convert all the gas vehicles in the USA over to diesel, so perhaps some sort of ethanol-based fuel (from switchgrass?) could be a viable solution for some time. But seems to me that algae oil could make a big dent in the demand for foreign oil by powering cars, but more importantly by powering big rig trucks and home heating.

Rather than convert cars why not have the government start allowing more diesel vehicles on the road? Given that after a certain number of years older cars get used less and less and are eventually junked we can have many more diesel cars in 5-10 years IF they start now! Also getting diesel fueled vehicles on the road will only make this more and more viable. Even Rudolph Diesel was talking about bio-fuels when he invented the diesel engine!