• Adalast@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He’s right, unless you study up on making biodiesel. Then you have the upper hand in the argument, as a diesel Jeep can be run on biodiesel. Rendering those fatty zombie corpses to fuel should be a functional disposal method.

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That and after a while gasoline expires even in the tank of a car. After Lake a few months he would have to be making his own fuel anyway, because whatever gets siphoned can’t be used.

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      1 year ago

      Many gasoline cars can be retrofit to run on ethanol. In the Midwest you will find more corn than you can ever use to make said ethanol.

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        Not a terrible play, but it has a BIG downside you might not be considering.

        99.99% of the corn grown first world, and a lot of other food crops, are sterile hybrid varieties that don’t readily reseed themselves (Monsanto and company HATE when farmers don’t have to buy seed every year).

        Once there is no more harvesting or maintenance on stockpile equipment, that supply will dwindle faster than you might expect.

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          Their have been instances of gmo corn cross breeding with heirloom corn and Monsanto suing the farmers for patent infringement.

          You can use the stores for ages and since you’re not eating it you can use rotten corn. Then it’s just a matter of time for a cross to form naturally.