FUEL SOLUTION- 
     
    
   
   
    
     "The time has come," the walrus said, ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     "To speak of many things, 
     
     or Arab Sheiks, the price of oil 
     
     and the cost of gasoline." 
     
    
   
   
    
     (with apologies to Lewis Carroll) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The price of oil and gas- 
     
     oline is on the rise again 
     
     and it's going to be hitt- 
     
     ing us where it.hurts, in 
     
     the pocketbook. There is a 
     
     way this problem could be 
     
     easily reduced if not eli- 
     
     minated entirely - convert 
     
     all the cars to use metha- 
     
     ne instead of gas. Before 
     
     you start to shake your 
     
     head in disagreement, ple- 
     
     ase allow me to present my 
     
     case. 
     
    

    
     There's a little old man. 
     
     in Devon, England who cal- 
     
     ls himself Harold Bates, 
     
     (I believe he was baptised 
     
     that too). Harold loved 
     
     tinkering with his automo— 
     
     bile and one fine day bui- 
     
     lt'a simple convertor that 
     
     allowed his car to run on 
     
     methane instead of the us- 
     
     ual petrol(gasoline), Any- 
     
     way, once he had converted 
     
     his automobile, he needed 
     
     a source of methane. So 
     
     every week he trotted,aro- 
     
     und releiving his neighbo- 
     
     urs (who happened to be. 
     
     farmers) of all their pig 
     
     manure. He then took this 
     
     manure, sprinkled it with 
     
     bacteria, added a dash of 
     
    
   
   
    
     water and let the mixture 
     
    

    
     ferment. After fermenting 
     
    

    
     a little while, methane is 
     
     produced, good old CH4. 
     
    

    
     The methane converter for 
     
     the car costs about $33. 
     
     and all one needs is a si- 
     
     mple switch and the car 
     
     will revert to a gas cons- 
     
     umer for areas where meth- 
     
     ane may be scarce. Methane 
     
     being a simpler hydrocarb- 
     
     on than gasoline, pollutes 
     
     less, is oderless and col- 
     
     orless. It doesn't dissol- 
     
     ve in the motor oil and 
     
     thus doesn't contaminate 
     
     it; oil changes are reduc- 
     
     ed to almost four per year 
     
     to only once a year. Also, 
     
     because it has an octane 
     
     rating of 150, it needs and 
     
     contains no lead so both 
     
     Spark plugs and exhaust sy- 
     
     stem Will last longer. Po— 
     
     wer wouldn't cut down in 
     
     the engine and the methane 
     
     costs about 3¢ a gallon. 
     
    

    
     Why hasn't it caught on 
     
     then? Well, like many oth-. 
     
     er suppressed inventions, 
     
     this could cause many peo-/ 
     
     91s who are now rich from 
     
     gasoline sales to lose so-‘ 
     
     me of their precious money 
     
    
   
   
    
     and they have ways of sup- 
     
     pressing and censoring "un- 
     
     welcome"iinventions such 
     
    

    
     as this. 
     
    

    
     It would be quite simple 
     
     to set.up this methane pr- 
     
     ogram on P.E.I. There are 
     
     many types of manure avai— 
     
     .lable and the by-product 
     
     of the fermentation is an 
     
     excellent fertilizer. The 
     
     Population is small enough 
     
    
   
   
    
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     “Well . . . it isn’t as if I were a welfare bum." 
     
    
   
   
    
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     to make the whole thing 
     
     practical and workable. f 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Two or three methane cent- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ers could be set up and 
     
     then the methane could be 
     
     transported over the short 
     
     ‘distances to the other pa-. 
     
     rts of the Island. This 
     
     conversion to methane wou- 
     
     ld free more oil for heat- 
     
     ing, lessen pollution and 
     
    
   
   
    
     maybe slow the price incr— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ease in oil. 
     
    

    
     The only worry I have is 
     
     that some capitalist will 
     
     get control of the methane 
     
     centers and maybe start to 
     
     increase the price of met— 
     
     hane and start the viscio- 
     
     us circle all over again. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Leslie Klewin 
     
    
   
   
    
     SIGN OF THE FISH 
     
    
   
   
    
     Information, referral, sup- 
     
     port, and'a sympathetic ear, 
     
     for peOple on P.E.I. is as 
     
     close as a telephone number. 
     
     Many worthwhile services are 
     
     available to people who may 
     
     feel frustrated, or lonely, 
     
     because of their inability 
     
     to contact the services they 
     
     are in need of. The Fish Mo- 
     
     vement, a volunteer service, 
     
     begun in England in 1961, i 
     
     and since established in ma- 
     
     ny centers across the world 
     
     including Ch'town in 1972, 
     
     is designed to provide assi- 
     
     stance to such people in an 
     
     effort to helping them to 
     
     help themselves. 
     
    

    
     The Fish has been a Christ- 
     
     ian symbol sincethe early 
     
     days bf the Christian Chur- 
     
     ch. The Greek word for fi- 
     
     sh, "ichthus" are the ini- 
     
     tials for the Greek words 
     
     for "Jesus Christ God's So 
     
     n Saviour," and the sign 
     
     of the Fish Movement is b- 
     
     uilt upon the affirmation 
     
     of faith. The Fish Moveme- 
     
     nt provides people with a 
     
     chance to be of service to 
     
     their community and to ex- 
     
     press their 1ove and conc- 
     
     ern for their fellowman in 
     
     a practical way. Most of 
     
     the volunteer work is done 
     
     on the telephone line, but 
     
     there are other areas such 
     
     as transportation, friend- 
     
     ly visiting, provide a me- 
     
     al, housework for the Sick, 
     
     that are valuabe and effe- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fish telephone volunteers 
     
     are exposed to an extended 
     
     screening process, and se- 
     
     lected by qualified people 
     
     before they go on the line. 
     
     ctive services, and requi- 
     
     re volunteers to keep them 
     
     active. 
     
    

    
     They are eXpected to work 
     
     with an experienced volun- 
     
    
   
   
    
     teer for a period of time 
     
    
   
   
    
     a and are then assigned to a 
     
    
   
   
    
     shift of their own. Refer- 
     
     ral is the key Operation 
     
     of the Fish Movement, as 
     
     many of the volunteers are 
     
     untrained, ordinary people 
     
     who are interested and co- 
     
     ncerned about their neigh- 
     
     bour.- 
     
    

    
     The Fish Movement needs 
     
     people, people who have a 
     
     genuine concern for others 
     
     and who want to help othe- 
     
     rs. This is your opportun- 
     
     ity to contribute in a po- 
     
     sitive productive way, to 
     
     assist in elevating some 
     
     of the struggles that less 
     
     fortunate people than you, 
     
     are experiencing everyday. 
     
     \Are you interested? For 
     
     further information call 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Fish number 894-Fish 
     
     (3u7u) or contact Marion 
     
     Morrison, Dept. of Student 
     
     Services. 
     
    

    
     Marion Morrison 
     
    
   
   
    
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