Yes it is.

Are you suggesting that the government step in and split up some companies?

And what % of cars in america are european cars? Most are either american or japanese.

Yeah, accept for the people that would smoke it instead of turn it into diesel, plus there are other plants that are more efficent at making diesel.

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Yeah, I've seen that one, and that's very much a step in the right direction!

Might be a tough sell for soccer moms and hardcore F-150 rednecks, though.....

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An employee gets trampled to death by a frenzied, greedy mob at a Walmart sale, and customers actually complained when the store closed. Yet, I'm the bad guy for suggesting policies that assume people act like retarded herd animals that need government nannying and control....

Yes, though it won't be long or difficult to get electric trucks after electric cars. If we can get a car that can get 80 miles on 1 charge, then a truck with the same power of battery would get probably about 50-60 miles, and since they are bigger they'd be able to hold more batteries to add more milage, so they'd still get the milage.

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

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What does it mean, "try abandoning the mass car culture"?

How could this be accomplished?

No, I am suggesting that 'alternative energy' production be integrated into the design of new commercial home construction. This, obviously, could only be achieved at the state / local level.

Again, the wrong question. Equopean diesels are not offered here in the U.S. as our infrastructure is gasoline based. If you converted that, they would become available. Likewise, if these diesels were offered, the infrastructure would follow.

It would take a ton of commercial grade hemp to get stoned. Don't let the propaganda of the oil industry cloud your judgement. Educate yourself.

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Why not settle for a Corvette Z06? you can go just as fast for a fraction of the cost AND get 28 mpg on the highway.

But it would still be the government telling people that their homes have to be more expensive.

I don't think there would be that high of demand for them, given the higher cost of diesel. Now if we raised the production of diesel, to bring it's price down, then they would likely take off.

It was a joke, but either way, there are more powerful methods to get more biodiesel per arce, like Algae, which is 80% for efficient.

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

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I think a lot of oil companies need to be broken up as they are an oligarchy as they are now

There are US and Japanese cars that run on diesel, just not a lot

If you smoke hemp, all you will get is a lung full of smoke. The hemp plant does not contain THC which is what is needed to get high.

The marijuana plant is not the same as a hemp plant. One has THC the other doesn't

And besides we should legalize both.

...and your support for all of this IS? or is this just ramblings and rants?

In the context of 'new home construction' the differences are negligible. If your intention is 'not' to be 'self sufficient' as opposed to being say 50% self powered, then there are things that you do not need......like the ability to send power back into the grid......This reduces the cost of the system.

'Green' construction not only saves energy, it saves the owner money in the 'not so long' run. Fully loaded solar systems pay for themselves in about 7-10 years. However, we aren't talking about a fully loaded system.

'New' home construction average in the 200k zone. A system meant to supplement and offset energy consumption would only add another 5k onto that. Less than the cost of a whirlpool bathtub or a swimming pool.

Case in point, a friend of mine 'overbuilt' his new home. It has an equitable amount of space (3000 sq ft) yet his power bill never goes over $150 in the summer. My home, which is almost 30 years old has a $700 power bill in the summer. Big difference.

Now if you wish to have a house that is solar / hydrogen....they yeah...get ready to throw down 50k.

The price of diesel is artificially inflated. More demand and the conversion to primarily diesel production would bring down costs. Considering their low fuel usage, I would buy one with prices the way they are right now.

I've been watching the algae experiments.

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The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish! - Frederick Bastiat