Get the Carbon out!

[red-beard]

Arnold annouces that fuels must contain less carbon.

From the WSJ

By JOHN J. FIALKA

"In separate actions aimed at reducing "greenhouse gases," California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered a cut of "at least 10%" in the carbon content of motor-vehicle fuels used in his state by 2020, while governors of 37 states prepared to push for a new federal rule to require greater use of ethanol fuel."

"Announcing his carbon-reduction order in remarks prepared for delivery in his State of the State address last night, Gov. Schwarzenegger said, "California has the muscle to bring about such change."

While the details of the proposal have yet to be worked out, California officials explained that the program would leave it up to oil suppliers in the state to figure out how to reduce carbon content, but that using more ethanol, which contains less carbon, would be the most likely way. The move, they estimated, would triple the size of the state's market for ethanol and other renewable fuels.

Gov. Schwarzenegger said his order would be the first standard in the world that would diminish the use of fossil fuels, which come from deposits that have been buried in the ground for millions of years, and which release carbon into the air when burned. The regulation, which the governor ordered completed by 2008, would also include incentives for more electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. The governor acted under his state's recently passed law to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions."

Oh geez



OK, if all Gasoline is Octane (C8H18), then reducing the carbon content by 10% would mean reducing the number of carbon atoms from .44% to under .4%

This means that Butane (C4H10) would work. So we need to change to cars that run on the same crap as BIC lighters. It will just seem silly to have to spin that little friction wheel to make the sparks to start the car.

[legion]

Next, he's going to ban dihydrogen monoxide.

[red-beard]

Silly boy. There is no carbon in dihydrogen monoxide.