When I go boating....

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by boat fan, Nov 26, 2009.

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Who among us thinks about the moral / ethical issues with fossile fuel consumption

Poll closed Dec 10, 2009.
  1. Could not care less how much I burn.

    3 vote(s)
    15.8%
  2. Only care about the expense .

    4 vote(s)
    21.1%
  3. Don`t care about environment ...if I don`t burn it someone else will.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. I think it`s obscene when I see what these guzzlers consume

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%
  5. I worry about the environment and how much fossil fuel I consume.

    5 vote(s)
    26.3%
  6. My boat does not consume any / or much fuel , so I feel fine about it.

    6 vote(s)
    31.6%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. boat fan
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    boat fan Senior Member

    WTF Take a chill Mas.
    Been meaning to ask .....How does one "grow " fuel while cruising for miles upon the briny ?
     
  2. Willallison
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    Yeah geez Mas... say what you think next time...
     
  3. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    The first part was within the first 10 or so posts and seemed to be the complaints queue in USA-gas-guzzler-society, so I thought I would "vent" a bit for fun and rebuke:D:p:eek:

    I hope to find a coconut estate I can buy, in Melanesia, and make my own fuel from coconuts... Nothing startling in technology... By-products and excess CNO will make a sustainable operation for an old fart to operate without too much stress... As a cruising Yachtie, fuel is not a big consumption item but as a diesel replacement in the Islands, one that would be appreciated by the locals...
    Cruising Yachties will be able to refuel with CNO, - - - but may curse after, for CNO will dissolve all the sludge sitting on the sides and bottom of diesel tanks, so eventually, after replacing many filters and polishing their fuel system may be happier, but if they head for climes where the ambient leads to fuel temperatures below 24 degrees Celsius, the CNO will solidify... and the engines will not run... :eek:

    I got - sort-of, the response I anticipated, but the respondents were 14 + hours in the wrong time zone... hehehe...
     
  4. boat fan
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    boat fan Senior Member

    **** Mas ....how much gold have you aquired by fair means or foul .....:p
     
  5. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    Not enough, I would like another tonne:D:D:D:eek: - I jest... Actually there is a 25year leasehold farm of 640 acres going for AU$500000, but is above my budget as one would also need another $250K to develop and meet running costs...:eek: - I could manage and set it up for a 100K fee... (2 years work) plus costs as per above...
     
  6. Tiny Turnip
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    Bf, compared to what Chris kicked off with *that other thread* I don't think you've got the slightest thing to fret about! ;)

    If its any comfort, I'm planning a poncy arty thread, so we can all opine and pontificate in a seriously chichi arty wanky way, take the heat off you for a while :D

    Its Friday! time for beer and pizza all around the world! yay!

    Note to self: Heh. 'wanky' gets past the lame censor bot. wonder if the real life mods will pick it up...
     
  7. boat fan
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    Excellent...!!!

    Thanks .I like art.:D
     
  8. hoytedow
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    hoytedow Carbon Based Life Form

    Poncy is bad enough.

    Art who?
     
  9. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    Arty-farty-rent-a-crowd-burn-the-bra(i like that bit:D)-lesbian-(plastic)tree-hugging-city-dwelling-coffee-late-poseurs....- - Shall we go on? this could be fun to define? - - - who would faint from exposure if they went outside the smog-barrier surrounding their uban abode...

    Art is personal and is in the eyes of the beholder, unless a member of the above crowd, then then sheeple principle applies....
     
  10. boat fan
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    boat fan Senior Member

    Care to translate that Mas ?
     
  11. boat fan
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    boat fan Senior Member



    Art thou "beached" ?
     
  12. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    Or to quote Shakespeare "Wherefore art thou Romeo..." I have many stories but this is not the venue for that:D:D:D
     
  13. boat fan
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    Oh piffle......go on......:D
     
  14. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    Can't - - they are copyright and the subject of a book... :D:p:D:p:D:p :eek:
     
  15. boat fan
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    Chapter one :

    Teaser perhaps ?????:D
     

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