Re: ethanol

In article <Xns9A86B20739516944818cac31cddd2466d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, groo
<afcagroo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Charles Bishop) wrote:
>
>> However, today on Click and Clack a man called in who had, 3 months
>> after buying a vehicle, discovered a propane tank in his truck.
>> (Underneath, in case you were wondering). He was nonplussed, wondering
>> if it was going to blow up or something. C&C also seemed nonplussed
>> and this amazed me. Aren't there a number of vehicles that run on
>> propane? Mostly fleet cars I think (government ones?) because they can
>> have their own fill-up station. But it's common enough that I've heard
>> of them, so why didn't C&C know that it's just an alternative fuel?
>> 
>
>I suspect they are actually aware that propane can be used as an 
>alternative fuel. In an upcoming Nova episode they are hosting, and the 
>topic is alternative fuels/vehicles. And despite some of their jokes, 
>they aren't dummies. 
>
>Perhaps they were surprised that it was there but that the buyer hadn't 
>been informed. Or maybe they just thought they were being funny. Or they 
>were killing time.

All I have is the context of the show, but they seemed actually confused
by the fact that there was a propane tank on the truck. I would have
thought they would have treated it as a normal, if rare, occurance and
told the guy to get the fittings checked, and learn how to switch the
system over. The owner did say there was a switch on the dash that
indicated the system could be switched over. Apparently during the 3
months he owned, he didn't wonder what it was for, but this part seems
reasonable.

<Steven Wright>

I had a light switch in my house that didn't seem to do anything. Every so
often I'd flip it up and down, but nothing happened. One day I got a call
from a man in Minsk. "Cut it out", he said.

</Steven Wright>

-- 
charles