So I went home this weekend and visited a friend of mine who is into demolition derby. He's working on a car that runs on alcohol because it supposedly lights on fire less easily (I've been to his demo derbies, and that's a large problem).
Anyhow, he said the fuel is cheaper than gas -- only $3 per gallon. Wow, I thought, why doesn't everyone start doing this.
Then, like the ethanol boom that hasn't been, he dropped the other shoe. His car eats alcohol about three times faster than gas. So it's actually about $9 to do what $4 gasoline would do.
Do you think we'll ever come up with an easy alternative to gasoline?
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