The end of two cycle?

[Nellie Wilson]

Again, everything said is so dead on... except maybe the electric vehicle prophecy? I just don't see that... kinda like global warming, just another kneejerk fad. It'll wear off when folks have to buy a $5000 battery for their 3 year old $200 car.

Camperbrat's really lucky! I too collected veggie oil but my supply ended when 'commercial interests' (a guy with a truck) took over.

No matter what we do, we're knocked off the block. I know an RV guy that went to diesel, then diesel went up. So he drove to Mexico with bladder tanks (about $.30 US/gal) and they made that illegal. So he adapted his RV to run propane... and then propane shot up. Biodiesel was great for a couple moments but now we can't get the oil and buying commercially is zero savings.

And the friggin' government talks about 'innovation' - what a bunch of crap. Innovation and self-reliance are concepts of the past. We created the monster and the monster has taken us over.

Nellie


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[Barn Owl]

the batteries will be more efficient

There is hope that will happen, but after 100 years we are still waiting. So far nothing comes close to replacing the energy density that petroleum has. I'm not knocking the dream of one day having a break through though.

[Iceni John]

So he drove to Mexico with bladder tanks (about $.30 US/gal) and they made that illegal.

If you were to drive just across the border, such as to Tijuana for a day trip (the US and Mexicans don't check passports entering MX from San Ysidro or Otay Mesa, so they wouldn't know how long you had been in MX), and you filled up at Pemex before coming back, is that illegal?   Surely you don't have to pay US tax on fuel purchased abroad?   I'm just curious.   How have folk here who've driven their buses into MX dealt with this?

I agree with you about the absurdity of the entire present system of emission controls.   I see fast-food restaurants belching smoke out of their fryer vents, I smell aircraft exhaust for several miles around LAX, I see other significant sources of pollution everywhere around me  -  where are the controls over those obvious polluters?   I fear that us 2-stroke users will have to lobby hard in the future to preserve our rights, and to question the methodologies of CARB and other unelected bodies who operate without any real democratic oversight.

John

John

[Barn Owl]

Again, everything said is so dead on... except maybe the electric vehicle prophecy? I just don't see that... kinda like global warming, just another kneejerk fad. It'll wear off when folks have to buy a $5000 battery for their 3 year old $200 car.

Camperbrat's really lucky! I too collected veggie oil but my supply ended when 'commercial interests' (a guy with a truck) took over.

No matter what we do, we're knocked off the block. I know an RV guy that went to diesel, then diesel went up. So he drove to Mexico with bladder tanks (about $.30 US/gal) and they made that illegal. So he adapted his RV to run propane... and then propane shot up. Biodiesel was great for a couple moments but now we can't get the oil and buying commercially is zero savings.

Agree with all that, not much more to say.

Innovation and self-reliance are concepts of the past.

Need some clarification on this. I think innovation and self-reliance is the answer. I might have missed the context of the meaning. If the government stands in the way it will be a thing of the past.

[Nellie Wilson]

Barn Owl -

Bless your feathery little heart. I don't know if you're right...

"I think innovation and self-reliance is the answer. I might have missed the context of the meaning. If the government stands in the way it will be a thing of the past"...

... but I sure hope you are.  (Sorry, haven't figured out that 'Quote" command).

Nellie

[Ericbsc]

I always think about what Ronald Regan said when I here these conversations. He said that governments thought was if it moves, tax it. If it stops moving, subsidize it!! How true!!