Re: Life of Petrol?

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Nigel

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• Mar 15, 2005

• #1

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1979 Lightwieght

"Mother" <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's an interesting one. I'd always thought petrol to have a shelf
> life of 3 maybe 4 years max. I have an old jerry can with some
> unleaded from 1996 (chalk mark) which I usually use for cleaning stuph
> with.
>
> Well (erm) I accidentally filled my Honda EU10i Genny with the
> contents...
>
> Runs a treat! Certainly no noticable difference from the 'new' lot
> filled a month or so ago.
>
> So, what determines the shelf life of petrol, anyone?
>
> As an additional interesting aside, the jerry can it was in was the
> most rancid one I have, previously filled with all sorts, including
> Red Deisel for mi boat at one point. The only thing about that can
> that was 'new' was the rubber seal around the cap.
>
The question I have is how long will we have petrol that we can afford to
pay for. You hear all these doom and gloom stories on the TV about it all
running out. Is it time to start thinking about an electrical powered land
rover?

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Colonel Tupperware

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• Mar 19, 2005

• #2

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:38:32 -0000, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>
>The question I have is how long will we have petrol that we can afford to
>pay for. You hear all these doom and gloom stories on the TV about it all
>running out. Is it time to start thinking about an electrical powered land
>rover?


We will have fuel for CI engines for as long as we can grow oil
bearing plants.

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 19, 2005

• #3

On or around Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:12:57 +0000, Colonel Tupperware
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:38:32 -0000, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>>
>>The question I have is how long will we have petrol that we can afford to
>>pay for. You hear all these doom and gloom stories on the TV about it all
>>running out. Is it time to start thinking about an electrical powered land
>>rover?
>
>
>We will have fuel for CI engines for as long as we can grow oil
>bearing plants.

assuming, of course, you can spare enough plant-growing land from food
production to grow enough of 'em.

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David G. Bell

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• Mar 20, 2005

• #4

On Saturday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Colonel Tupperware" wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:38:32 -0000, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >>
> >The question I have is how long will we have petrol that we can afford to
> >pay for. You hear all these doom and gloom stories on the TV about it all
> >running out. Is it time to start thinking about an electrical powered land
> >rover?
>
>
> We will have fuel for CI engines for as long as we can grow oil
> bearing plants.

And for petrol engines, alcohol is a possibility, as well as gas from
fermented ****.

At least, so people were saying in the 1970s.


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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 20, 2005

• #5

On or around Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:04:53 +0000 (GMT),
[email protected] ("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:

>On Saturday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Colonel Tupperware" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:38:32 -0000, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >>
>> >The question I have is how long will we have petrol that we can afford to
>> >pay for. You hear all these doom and gloom stories on the TV about it all
>> >running out. Is it time to start thinking about an electrical powered land
>> >rover?
>>
>>
>> We will have fuel for CI engines for as long as we can grow oil
>> bearing plants.
>
>And for petrol engines, alcohol is a possibility, as well as gas from
>fermented ****.

well, we could start by harnessing the output of the house of commons...
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