How is it better than gasoline ?Originally Posted by W2IBC
How is it better than gasoline ?
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
More Torque, substantially better fuel mileage. I used to have a 1984 GMC Crew Cab 1-ton dually with the 6.2. It got 22 MPG.
I am a big proponent of Natural Gas or LP. Or cooking oil in Diesels. I am an opponent of Hybrids and Electrics. The technology or economics aren't there yet.....then you have batteries that pollute a bunch to manufacture, and then need disposed of.
Seasick Steve said that his 1952 Chevy has spewed less pollutants in its's lifetime than manufacturing one Prius makes. I think he is right.
Last edited by KA9MOT; 10-17-2011 at 07:17 PM.
"One man with courage makes a majority." ~ Andrew Jackson
Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
He may be, but he didn't say how much pollution was released making that '52 Chevy, either.
73,
The public buses in Summit County CO smell like french fries. True story!
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Diesel taxes are higher, and the new low sulfur EPA rules make it more expensive to refine than in days gone by. The crappy US passengar car diesel designs in the 80's turned the public quite sour to them. European diesel development continued... the new motors are clean, efficient and powerful, especially in these newer small displacement motors.
Anybody here drive the new Ford truck diesels? They kick ass. But you can't get the 65mpg Ford Fiesta diesel in the US!
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...9060491065.htm
Automakers such as Volkswagen (VLKAY) and Mercedes-Benz (DAI) have predicted for years that a technology called "clean diesel" would overcome many Americans' antipathy to a fuel still often thought of as the smelly stuff that powers tractor trailers. Diesel vehicles now hitting the market with pollution-fighting technology are as clean or cleaner than gasoline and at least 30% more fuel-efficient.
Yet while half of all cars sold in Europe last year ran on diesel, the U.S. market remains relatively unfriendly to the fuel. Taxes aimed at commercial trucks mean diesel costs anywhere from 40 cents to $1 more per gallon than gasoline. Add to this the success of the Toyota Prius, and you can see why only 3% of cars in the U.S. use diesel. "Americans see hybrids as the darling," says Global Insight auto analyst Philip Gott, "and diesel as old-tech."
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Diesel taxes are higher, and the new low sulfur EPA rules make it more expensive to refine than in days gone by. The crappy US passengar car diesel designs in the 80's turned the public quite sour to them. European diesel development continued... the new motors are clean, efficient and powerful, especially in these newer small displacement motors.
Anybody here drive the new Ford truck diesels? They kick ass. But you can't get the 65mpg Ford Fiesta diesel in the US!
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...9060491065.htm
No but you can get the VW Jetta TDI that gets 50 MPG on the highway.
We never had weather like this before they started messing around with that internet stuff.
Do what any self respecting hippie would do, drive a hemp car. :)
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Fixed that for you.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Ethanol for your vehicle, $3/gal. Same chit for your tummy, $65/gal. Something's phucked up somewhere.
http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/stor...005_f1016_2318
Last edited by kc7jty; 10-17-2011 at 10:42 PM.
http://www.freewebs.com/hcii/pumpidentification.htm
Look for your dieselpump and if it is usable first.
Inline Diesel pumps are the Holy Grail for Vegetable oils use!
These pumps have proved very reliable, and are made in a variety of sizes, and by different makers.
All share the general appearance of the Bosch PE above. They are available as single element units, and multi cylinder units up to 8 cylinder, and in some cases more.
Needing little in the way of modification, these pumps work extremely well on Vegetable oils, even unheated, in a single tank scenario
- BOSCH EPVE for Turbo Applications That's mine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_production
Lots to find on the net how to make your own veggie oil for the diesel engine.
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html
Last edited by PA5COR; 10-18-2011 at 08:48 AM.
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telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
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