Non-SE-R: GM OHV engines

[jon dossey]

I'd say about 99% of that is true because large oil companies make it true.
When we run out of oil, see how quickly the price drops, and the technology
begins to develop.  Right now "Big Oil" will do whatever it can to stifle
such competition in the marketplace.

.jon

>A coupla things here, Methanol is a pipe dream. It is so subsidized by the
>Federal Imperial Government that any cost advantage is erroneous. It also
>costs more per gallon to make methanol than it does to make one gallon of
>gas, which also yields other chemicals we depend on. I don't know how many
>different chemicals are produced from crude oil, but it is a lot. Methanol
>has not conclusively proven to be a reliable alternative to gasoline,
>despite what is in the press. If you really dig into the whole methanol
>issue you soon realize how much taxpayer's money is being wasted, worse
>than many other programs.