JP-8 is a diesel base petroleum product and diesel has a higher flash point than gas. just be thankful we no longer use JP-4 now that shit was fun! You scratch your head to fast next to an open container and BOOM fricasseed Airman! As for Hybrid cars some use natural gas instead of hydrogen. hell we had a couple of expeditors who would keep using the alternate fuel and wonder why they couldn't start the truck back up. they could never get it through their skulls that they had to start with gas and then move to the Natural gas or hydrogen after the engine was running.
There are some hybrids about in Europe. Most have either a lil diesel engine which charges up the electric motor engine (you use electric engine whilst in the city) and theres cars running on LPG now.
OR if America wanna cut down on polluting the earth, they could just buy 1.1 - 2.0 litre cars with 2-4 cylinders rather than 5.7 litre V8 monster trucks.
I would just like to point out the Toyota Volta, a hybrid with 405 hp and 435 miles on a 13.7-gallon tank. Its a concept car, but shows it possible for us mussle car lovers there is hope us.
Also some others, BMW has a hydrogen concept car, it uses a combustion engine. Yeah that scares the crap outta me too, but it still shows hope for us proformance car lovers in the age past pure fossile fule cars
Not a hybrid, but a very good idea for the future (for the US that is; already used is Sweden): Saab BioPower Engine
The downsides are slightly worse fuel economy and creating the fueling stations/retrofitting existing stations/creating "refining" equipment". The pros are obvious: much safer for environment, made in USA, infinitely reusable.
If they came up with a way to make hybrids that have performance, and look like the current cars (not the crazy things like prius and the Insight) then I would be all for having one. I would love to save money at the gas pump...especially as I drive a Jeep!
excuse me if it has already been said, but I think the oil companies are making current hybrid cars, and other alternative fuel cars too expensive by their influence, or too ugly...once that changes...Exxon and Mobil might have to takre a back burner for a long time...and I for one look forward to that...
I was watching something on the History Channel a few days ago and they were talking about future automotive technology. One segment featured alternative fuel vehicles. One guy was able to add small amounts of hydrogen into his truck and was able to increase his fuel economy from about 22 mpg to about 35-40 mpg. He was able to do this with only a small amount of modification to his truck. Another guy used used cooking oil to power his diesel. When it got cold, all he had to do was insulate his tank so that the fuel wouldn't freeze.
JP-8 is a diesel base petroleum product and diesel has a higher flash point than gas. just be thankful we no longer use JP-4 now that shit was fun! You scratch your head to fast next to an open container and BOOM fricasseed Airman! As for Hybrid cars some use natural gas instead of hydrogen. hell we had a couple of expeditors who would keep using the alternate fuel and wonder why they couldn't start the truck back up. they could never get it through their skulls that they had to start with gas and then move to the Natural gas or hydrogen after the engine was running.
OR if America wanna cut down on polluting the earth, they could just buy 1.1 - 2.0 litre cars with 2-4 cylinders rather than 5.7 litre V8 monster trucks.
I would just like to point out the Toyota Volta, a hybrid with 405 hp and 435 miles on a 13.7-gallon tank. Its a concept car, but shows it possible for us mussle car lovers there is hope us.
heres a link by toyota www.toyota.com/vehicles/future/volta.ht
and by how stuff works auto.howstuffworks.com/toyota-pm4.htm < part of explaining the toyota PM
Also some others, BMW has a hydrogen concept car, it uses a combustion engine. Yeah that scares the crap outta me too, but it still shows hope for us proformance car lovers in the age past pure fossile fule cars
How stuff works on the BMW concept car: auto.howstuffworks.com/bmw-h2r1.htm
that Honda hybrid is too small for a guy like me
Sure they're goofy looking, but they make up for it by being slow.
But hey, they're great for the environment.
The downsides are slightly worse fuel economy and creating the fueling stations/retrofitting existing stations/creating "refining" equipment". The pros are obvious: much safer for environment, made in USA, infinitely reusable.
I still need to keep my truck for hauling stuff, but it just doesn't make sense to use 16mpg for a single person to commute back and forth to work.
I was watching something on the History Channel a few days ago and they were talking about future automotive technology. One segment featured alternative fuel vehicles. One guy was able to add small amounts of hydrogen into his truck and was able to increase his fuel economy from about 22 mpg to about 35-40 mpg. He was able to do this with only a small amount of modification to his truck. Another guy used used cooking oil to power his diesel. When it got cold, all he had to do was insulate his tank so that the fuel wouldn't freeze.