Four cylinder Stanhope

Mythbusters ran a car on waste vege oil that had only been filtered through filter paper.

vehicle had no mods what so ever.

Not to say that is the way to go (longterm gumming of valves etc etc) but surely it would not be that hard to filtyer impurities from WVO – your mods to th eengine would be minimal.

Maybe you would need a concealed heater element for the tank in winter – and some heat device pre injectors.

Thumper – RE Rex paid parking – I heard that the free car park is owned by the Tradsmens Labour club and will be there for quite a while – in any case – theres about 30 more cars there at 0700 now. As for what happening to th eother car park – anyon eknow. Didnt they just recently up it from 3 bucks to 4.

And what about that cheerful guy who was there cleaning that car park every morning in his original condition HG? Is he now unemployed?

Anyone ?

Fuck them.

Biodiesel: Making your own is illegal. The Feds want excise on it and they want every batch lab tested @ $2,000 a pop.

Access to biodiesel is only limited by your level of enthusiasm to start making (brewing?) your own, smokey2.

What about access to biodiesel. I still want to do my bit for the planet.

Thumper, bullocks pass methane-filled wind, so they’re no good either.

And let us never forget the toxic waste issue of the Prius’s large and bulky batteries.

environmental my arse

better fuel economy from a good diesel but less sanctimony.

Forget a Prius, get a turbo diesel car – same fuel economy, but great performance – and you don’t drive around looking like the sort of person who’d own a recumbent bike.

That’s what I mean about Simple Simon getting worked over by industry JB.

When planning these developments the companies have a choice between suitable levels of parking for the custom they’ll attract or developing the whole site as retail/commercial space with minimum parking and then passing the parking problem onto the Govt. in the knowledge that the electorate will force their elected representatives to fix the problem. The developer wins because they can maximize letable space and externalize the cost of parking.

Lots of people don’t want to walk long distance – older people, those with babies/toddlers/prams, and women after dark.
Real environmentalists in the public service and unis are getting fleets of toyota prius. Jon S is way behind the times.

I don’t want free parking Big Al, just convenient is fine.

Simon’s idea that we can just walk long distances doesn’t stack up for shopping.

Big whoop.

I’m not 100% convinced that 4cyc is better for the environment. Sure they use less petrol, but (in my experience) they don’t last as long.

The difference between fuel efficiency of a 6cyc Camry vs. a 4cyc Camry is marginal (my experience, less than 10%). The 6cyc motors seem to last for ever (seen examples with 400,000km on the clock), I’ve seen two of the 4cyc motors worn out in less than 200,000km (but I’m no mechanic, just going on my families experience with cars, and no they were not used to tow).

Someone should do the math, work out how much energy it takes to build a car and work out how many years/km it would have to last to justify a 10-15% fuel saving. It’s not like building cars has no green house impact. Even recycling cars consumes large amounts of energy.

This may not work with fleets, but then again why do MLA’s need cars provided?

He (Stanhope) really is a soft cock and a national embarassment.

Simple Simon got completely blind-sided on the civic parking thing. To be honest I’m surprised that he and the shiny-arsed bureaucrats in planning got duded on such old play from the private sector.

That said, there’s almost a grain of reason in his statements about Canberran’s having to get used to not having an unlimited supply of free parking right out the front of where-ever we’re going.

I’m with Thumper – whatever the reason, at least it’s a positive step by the CM … and as for Simon the Constructor did he say something?

“The government is determined to lead by example when it comes to economic efficiency….”

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doesn’t the mayor just kill ya

…and kudos to W_W for not throwing a hissy fit when mentioning the word “Liberal”.

Good move che – I’m right there with you.

Glenloch is looking increasingly like the makings of a gigantic clusterfuck.

I rode my bike to work today not for green reasons but because once they start stuffing over the glenloch intersection I decided I’d rather spend 30-40 minutes on a bike than the same time sitting in traffic
will see if I can stick with it

And so the Liberals, (to out-do Stanhope) will have to downsize to 2 cylindar motor-bikes.

And then the Greens will downsize to pedal-power.

And I will ride the bus.

Perhaps remove the MLA entitlement to free reserved car parking at the Assembly so they can get a taste of what most Civic workers endure.

I think the TWU might be up in arms, as this policy decision takes away much needed customers to the ACTION network.