Hambone61

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Oregon
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Message Posted: Aug 7, 2010 12:11:12 PM
Here is another sure fire winner for you to ponder!
Radio-Fuel Auto May Solve Gas Problem
How do you like it?
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honda0105

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Tallahassee
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Message Posted: Aug 1, 2010 10:17:31 AM
packards: good question... But it's definitely a better investment in my book than trying to build more pipelines and more drilling platforms.
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egd

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Twin Cities
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 9:55:48 PM
another alternative
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packards42

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Washington
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 8:43:21 AM
Looks good to be where do we sign on.
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honda0105

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Tallahassee
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 5:57:30 AM
gasbud4: that was my first thought, what a schtoooooopid way to start an article. But then, most people only ever hear of the illness / death causing variety/-ies.
As for E.coli... guess what y'all use to digest your foods...?
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honda0105

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Tallahassee
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 5:55:52 AM
lil' E.coli is the super bacteria. Already making tons of our medicines and other products. Why not biofuels?
I have no problem using biofuels. Would rather run biodiesel in my truck than dino diesel.
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aldog365

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Nashville
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:53:16 PM
Is all of this EPA approved? They will have the final say.
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runout9

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New Jersey
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:47:08 PM
I just heard that Frank Perdue's Bentley gets 45mph on his proprietary salmonella fuel additive. The chickens are sure coming home to roost!
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gasbud4

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San Jose
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:46:37 PM
"E.coli may not be the smartest thing for your body to ingest" What an ignorant way to start this article. Most strains of E. coli are not human pathogens. It is very, very unlikely that these reseachers are using a pathogenic strain. Think about it: would you rather work with microbes that can make you sick if you don't take enough safety precautions, or one that is harmless to you, therefore causing you much less concern and costing you less time and money spent on safety precautions?
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N5EXY

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Austin
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:46:19 PM
Corn stalks (and the whole plant) are sometimes made into livestock feed.
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AC-302

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Los Angeles
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:44:00 PM
OK to E. Coli and sugar, but those sugars seem to me to be valuable. Even grass can be used for cattle feed, putting pressure on other sources. However, what about breaking down the cellulose/starches in something like corn stalks?
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IamWhoIam

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San Francisco
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:37:52 PM
There has to be a use for everything, we have to find the use and some bright person or group of persons has done so in this case. Now to go after the next nasty buglet.
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Bigwaynef

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South Carolina
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:36:01 PM
I agree with Bonito...
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SBlouch

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San Antonio
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:34:15 PM
Well, for once E. Coli is helping get rid of something bad instead of getting people ill.
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cheapertvs

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Richmond
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:33:23 PM
Every little bit helps!
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mfeldstein

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Ottawa
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:33:10 PM
Whatever works.
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Bonito

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Dayton
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:31:16 PM
I've had a beer but I think I am drunk after reading this!
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tedjm1

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New York
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:26:51 PM
Question: How sure are they, if at all, that the exhaust using e.coli would not affect humans?
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TBONE3

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Pennsylvania
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:23:45 PM
Just what we need - more things to kill us. I'll take exhaust vapors first thank you.
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mstearno

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Dayton
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:18:49 PM
never work
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REKEY

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South Carolina
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:14:56 PM
Good idea fora a nasty bug!
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N5EXY

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Austin
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:13:47 PM
Hay, hay, hay,
Wait just a minute,
Doesn’t E-Coli have something to do with creating methane?No, MidNJ, but hay does create methane in cattle. Now if we could collect all the cowburps around Texas and Oklahoma - - -
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Sody33

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Las Vegas
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:12:06 PM
Once they have been transmutated into a hydrocarbon they will just be a memory.
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Gary65

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Toronto
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:10:53 PM
Interesting, what about the exhaust?
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OGW

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London
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:10:26 PM
I won't buy biofuels that are made out of E. coli.
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farmersmom

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Ontario
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:09:35 PM
What will they think of next?
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Bus561

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Lexington
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:07:46 PM
Now why would I purposely make my car sick?
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carter84262

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Detroit
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:07:39 PM
This seems like such an obvious path why didn't someone come up with it earlier? What non-scientists often misunderstand is that E. coli is a whole class of bacteria...some are dangerous, others not, and as a matter of fact we need some types. The genetics of E. coli are simple and through recombinant DNA it can be used to produce all kinds of products.
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96sc1

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El Paso
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:07:38 PM
If the E. coli kills drivers we will use less gas.
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TheSicilian

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Jacksonville
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:07:30 PM
but does it work and is it cost effective
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TIGERPAW46

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Florida
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:07:15 PM
Ok, But is same article from yesterday
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Blue_Cruzer

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Lexington
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:05:49 PM
Any alternatives to oil sound good.
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DrCashFlow

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Massachusetts
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:04:47 PM
let me guess, LS9 has already cornered the market in this stuff.
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MidNJ

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New Jersey
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:03:51 PM
Hay, hay, hay,
Wait just a minute,
Doesn’t E-Coli have something to do with creating methane?
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rxman1

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Toledo
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:02:28 PM
If this is practical and you can make money at this. The time is now to produce it. The price of fuel is certain to go up.
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N5EXY

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Austin
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:01:09 PM
I wonder if it will stink when it burns. Will we need a new type catalytic or colitic converter? Will it give young cars the colic? Or cholera?
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OGW

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London
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:59:17 PM
Whatever.
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JimL1

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Phoenix
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:55:33 PM
If they can keep it out of our food supply, then it might be a goood idea, however, as the Army about hos difficult it can be to maintain contorl over pathogens.
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dabuzman

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Seattle
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:54:49 PM
Ever wish full dream of this at a price of $50.00 a barrel. If so where are those investors for they want to make money.
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PappyBlue

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Tennessee
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:49:13 PM
Whatever happened to Biopropanol? This promising biofuel can be used straight or mixed with gasoline in any proportion and needs no changes to engines or pipelines. It produces no noxious exhaust fumes and has more mpg than gasohol. Sounded like it was a near perfect replacement. What has happened to keep it off the market?
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96sc1

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El Paso
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:48:56 PM
Be careful siphoning fuel. Don't drink any E. coli.
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RENEGADEGAS

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Missouri
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:39:45 PM
Oh goody!! More green crap.
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MidNJ

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New Jersey
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:39:32 PM
Personally, my opinion is that when E-Coli is out of balance in my bowels;
I create gas!!!!
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More gas is needed;
Don't you agree??
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DarthDadJr

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Virginia
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:39:10 PM
We need more basic research like this, if we are going to eventually solve our energy problem.
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ShadowACE

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Boston
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:29:47 PM
jb107b - "I really don't think we need E. coli bacteria around."
I'm afraid that's not going to change any time soon, jb. It's not just here for the production of biofuel. Been around for a LONG time and they haven't managed to eradicate it yet. I don't think I'd plan to hold my breath until they do. Bottom line on E.coli is that it's been here, it's still here, and it's going to be here. If we can find something beneficial to do with it, maybe we're a step ahead.
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DosEquis26

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Chicago
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:26:27 PM
I doubt this will work.
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jb107

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New Jersey
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:19:55 PM
I really don't think we need E. coli bacteria around.
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TFowler513

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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:18:40 PM
This plus other alternatives makes a good thing!!!
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ladyeagle57

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Maine
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:15:39 PM
We have had quite a few lakes closed during July, because of E. coli. I wish we could make a few barrels for $50 a barrel.
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Chris46

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Dayton
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:13:54 PM
Just keep it out of our water supply.
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