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I doubt they will ever build a pipeline from the Bakken. At an estimated 4-6 billion barrels of recoverable oil and an average lifetime pump rate of 2 million barrels/day means the oil would last around 8 years. USGS will update the recoverable estimate in 2013.

Thanks for the link. Great article. One point it missed is that the primary owner of the ND RR is Warren Buffet who is very politically connected and has receive heavy subsidies for the RR. Best to let the free market decide.

Here's an article from National Geographic on the North Dakota oil trains that haul the Bakken shale oil away. Oil producers have not yet built pipelines to transport the oil and may not since pipelines are expensive and trains give them flexibility of destination where they send the crude to.

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diesel Tucson $3.79

Maker mark in LV 32.99 1.5L Bottle Costco
Makers Mark Tucson 33.99
in Detroit 58.00
These are other important stats.

Interesting article on green hybrid motor home. Backup power is a diesel that runs on used french fry oil. Sure our green group members will be all over these.

Hybrid motor home

That reminds me of driving my 1000cc Sprint through NV with skis on top. Had it on cruise control (wide open) and it would go about 85 down the hill. Police clocked me speeding and easily caught up to me climbing the next hill at about 50 :R Got a nice lecture but no citation :) I bet he drove away laughing inside. That car got about 40-45mpg with the skis on top running flat out, 50-53 without the skis.

My 1960 English Ford 105 E (41 BHP) would get on the Expressway with the pedal to the medal until you needed gas and obtain an average speed of about 65 mph and even higher on the down hills. I worked at an all night service station and got much of my gas for free ($.249) Not sure what all of this means to our present situation. None of these vehicles would come anywhere close to meeting any of today's safety and pollution standards and most of the buying public would view them as specialty vehicles.

My 1962 Alfa Guiletta Veloce with DOHC and 2 weber carbs would cross Nevada between Wendover and Reno (400 miles) in 4 hours (even with the top folded down!), and I only got passed once, by a Corvette that I passed a half hour later where it was sitting by the side of the road with a huge oil puddle underneath! No overheat problems for me with a 6 liter finned Aluminum pan. Those were the days, my friend, when the Nevada speed limit on the open road was posted "Reasonable and Proper". The Golden Years of Bill Harrah and his stable of Ferraris.

I love what EVWest is doing. They ran what was essentially a privateer entry at Pikes Peak using all off the shelf parts (Warp motors, CALB batteries) and kicked some ass!. Pushing the envelope for sure.

For RV use, I envision a 2" receiver mounted drag wheel that mounts to the rear of the EV (which is being towed behind the motorhome) that is connected to a generator head via a belt drive. This would provide power to charge the EV batteries while in transit behind the RV. It could be activated by the brake lights to only energize the generator while braking, thus adding regenerative braking to the whole RV! A win win, less braking losses for the RV, and free charging for the toad EV. :B