Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Woody Harrelson and some of his buddies supposedly went from coast to
coast in a bus fueled by marijuana.  Oppps.  I'm sorry.  "Hemp".  I'm
not sure that would be a good fuel for a sub though.
Carl


Warrend Greenway wrote:
> 
> No, I didn't, but wish I had. I wasn't able to go to the site. All my work was done in lab.
> By the way, I know one of the guys (or did, not sure where he is now) who worked on that
> deep-fat-fried transportation. I'm not sure if it was the same group that you are refering
> to. The one I am thinking of was at WSU. I believe the project was for the military, to have
> a means of fueling if we had petroleum problems. The guys on that project I talked to said
> it worked VERY well...But wasn't actually any cheaper then diesel, unless you produced the
> waste oil yourself. The engines were apparently only lightly modified diesel engines.
> 
> Warren.
> 
> > From: Warrend Greenway <dub@linuxmail.org>
> > > They would be, and safe enough, but they would be illegal for individual
> > citizens to own.
> > > I wonder though...How practical could a methane digester be made? Kitchen
> > scraps, anyone?
> >
> > This reminds me of a segment I saw on one of those Tech Shows. I have not
> > seen it repeated since. A group of engineering students developed a fuel
> > system to run on vegetable oil.  They did a cross country trip in a van and
> > fueled-up
> > at McDonalds, BurgerKing...etc., using the old deepfry oil that were going
> > to be
> > trashed. They drove coast to coast and didn't spend a dime on fuel. Maybe
> > they
> > got hired by Ford, GM, or BP and paid lucrative salaries to "not" develop
> > this.
> > Who knows.....
> >
> > > By the way, I worked on the Yucca Mountain project...I built a hydraulic
> > conductivity meter
> > > for the project...They had to verify that the waste could not seep into
> > the ground water.
> > > The last I heard, the hydraulic conductivity in Yucca Mountain is very
> > low. That's good!
> > >
> >
> >
> > When did you work there?  Did you see or witness any of these Subterene
> > tunnelers?
> >
> > --Steve
> >
> >
> >
> 
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