The Kneeslider

Doers Builders and Positive People

Biodiesel confusion

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Biodiesel is still surprising a lot of people. You can tell they're surprised because they use exclamation marks. "Diesel runs on vegetable oil!" or "Man drives truck powered by cooking oil!" Yesterday I saw another article, "You can run biodiesel engines on filtered coconut oil!" over on BoingBoing and it struck me that a lot of confusion exists out there about diesel engines. … [Read more...]

Yamaha FC-me fuel cell motorcycle

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Yamaha has a fuel cell motorcycle, the Yamaha FC-me, and is now leasing it to the Shizuoka prefectural government in Japan. They've been testing on public roads since September of last year. Cost is reported to be $942 per month, which is probably about as realistic as what the family in California is paying to lease Honda's hydrogen powered car. Yamaha's goal is greater … [Read more...]

Jacque replacing Hofmann on Kawasaki

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Olivier Jacque will replace the injured Alex Hofmann on the Kawasaki for this weekend's MotoGP in Malaysia and also next week in Qatar. Jacque placed second in China on a very wet track and was closing on Rossi continuously. He has raced 3 times so far this year. Hofmann broke his ankle in the Japanese MotoGP last weekend. … [Read more...]

Smart Car soccer?

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There's a downside to being small. Of course this could be the beginning of a whole new sport. Is there a spray to clean them off? … [Read more...]

High gas prices – Smile!

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The next time you drive by a gas station and see $3.00 gas, ... smile. It doesn't matter whether you're riding your motorcycle or driving that gas guzzling pickup many of us have for hauling or towing. Smile, because in the next several years we are going to see huge advances in technology caused by all of the scrambling companies are doing to come up with alternatives to those … [Read more...]

GM’s Bob Lutz is really a biker!

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Bob Lutz, General Motors Vice Chairman, gave a talk about the future of the automobile to the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany while attending the Frankfurt Auto Show. He went to great lengths to explain how a multitude of high tech electronics would be added to cars in the future, controlling much of what the cars do, slowing the car down when it senses other cars … [Read more...]