[DMCForum] Re: Gas alternatives, then?
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[DMCForum] Re: Gas alternatives, then?
- From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:45:09 -0000
Bio-diesel does NOT pollute, except with soot for unburned fuel that
is expelled. Diesel is itself a ULEV fuel. But when you throw bio-
diesel into the mix, it burns even cleaner because there is ZERO
sulphur! Which means no acid-rain!
-Robert
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
> Marc Levy wrote:
>
> > ... And one has to wonder why this is not done
> > commercially?
>
> It costs more to produce commercially than petrochemical derv....
by
> about 20%. But in UK prices, it means about 5p/litre more.
Considering
> more than 50p is tax at the moment, and the whole argument for tax
is
> that it discourages use and therefore is good for the environment
(which
> is bollocks by even the most basic economic argument). Burning
> Bio-diesel still pollutes the cities but on a global scale does
> absolutely nothing because the emissions are the result of plants
that
> absorbed those emissions the year before, so no imbalance in CO2.
>
> > Heck, it is almost impossible to even
> > buy a diesel in the USA.
> >
> > (Just spent the weekend replacing the engine in my
> > friends F250 Diesel... Man those things a HEAVY!)
>
> Cast iron blocks, even on modern ones becuase they have to be so
much
> stronger
>
> Martin
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