how to make fuel more affordable?

Keven Drumgole: Fossil fuels are chemically stored solar energy that nature collected through photosynthesis over millions of years. All the alternative fuels, hydrogen included are energy that we must collect or produce ourselves and store chemically. Fossil fuels will always be less expensive than alternative fuels and it is the low price of fossil fuels that drive alternative fuel companies out of business. When the oil price collapsed to $12 a barrel in 1986, the alternative energy companies all bit the farm as did many of the small oil companies that did not produce in the middle east. It's wanting your fuel affordable that has shackled you to the whims of the middle east.However, as an individual, if you use a plug in hybrid or EV, electricity does not have the fuel taxes charged on gasoline and diesel for the maintenance and expansion of roads but you will have to hurry before they figure out a way to tax EV users. You can also apply to the ATF for a perm! it to distill ethanol as a fuel. This actually takes a lot of energy and creates a lot of waste which would be illegal to pour down the drain. But if you build a concentrated high temperature solar panel to heat the still, use rotten fruits collected from grocery stores and you have large fields where you can use the wastes as fertilizers, you would also be avoiding the road taxes. If you have a diesel car, you could have it modified to use waste vegetable oil and collect oil from local restaurants but the days of free waste cooking oil are coming to an end as people realize there is value to the waste oil.Other alternatives are that there are purchase clubs where you can buy your fuel on a contract in advance locking the price in. These are more common in rural areas but there has been some efforts to contract with a gas station chain or a credit card company to offer it on a larger scale.You won't save anything with E85, they price it so that it's the same price p! er unit of energy as gasoline....Show more

Bo Perham: Fu! el is used for many things. Here we discuss Alternative Fuel Vehicles. Using alternatives to traditional petrochemicals may be one way to lower the cost of fuel. On a personal basis many have been able to adapt a diesel vehicle and make bio-diesel at home from waste cooking oil. Once the source becomes more costly the economics are not as goodElectricity can be a very affordable fuel for a vehicle. The electric car can be costly. This is most true where batteries are used to store electricity on the vehicle. Operator conditions are probably the most valuable source for fuel economy. Hypermiling techniques can substantially lower fuel costs but all of them may not be safe or even legal in your location....Show more

Arnette Dominici: Find alternatives like hydrogen fuel

Booker Moros: Make fuel tax free. Stop all state and federal taxation of oil and gasoline. Fuel taxes in the United States - Wikipedia, the free ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_! in_the_Uni...hidden tax on oilhttp://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2012/03/09/......Show more

Hai Biggart: Dump Obama and imprison his handlers.Not that I blame Obama so much.....he is simply a puppet for those who really run things for the Liberals.....oust Obama and let him do what he does best.....be a community organizer.

Robt Betker: In the US, get rid of Obama and his administration. The government is working against free enterprise.