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Replying to: hypnosis44 (Apr 16, 2007 12:23 pm) The industrial food business produces waste in the shape of parts and fats and unused by-product that may or may not end up in dog food, cattle feed etc. The companies involved are using those products towards a fuel instead of pet food or simply dumping it. Additionally large amounts of oils (vegetable) are used in the production of such delicacies as chicken tenders, this is a profit making outlet for the used by-product. The plan is not the production of animals for fuel. It the use of the byproducts from the creation of the finished product.
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Replying to: bristol2 (Apr 16, 2007 7:37 pm) I do not think that a lot of folks understand that making biodiesel is not a new process. Most of these formulas were used decades ago. Just like making diesel from coal was used heavily by the Germans in WW2. It all has to do with being cost effective. Taking little baby steps into different aspects of using waste products is wiser than jumping in with billions of tax dollars given to mega corporations with little to show after a few years. A good example is Kettle Chips in Oregon. They own a fleet of VW Beetle diesels. They run them on their used oil from making potato chips. They power part of their operation with Solar. No tax dollars wasted just good solid environmentalism. And it pays off. Great chips also. http://www.kettlefoods.com/index.php?cID=19 |
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| A general Pros and Cons article on Diesel in Detroit News | |
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Replying to: moparbad (Apr 17, 2007 2:52 am) In recent years, the rate of growth in diesel use has been outpacing that of gasoline use, especially as commercial trucking payloads have increased under a strong U.S. economy. Americans use 140 billion gallons of petroleum a year -- or more than 20 million barrels of oil a day. Estimates suggest use will top 200 billion gallons in the next decade as the number of vehicle miles rises by 2 percent yearly."... Well I think on threads like these we have seen the utterly simple to the multiple layered complexity... to the absurdly ridiculous. So if it is true the USA using 140 B gals of (gasser) petro per year, is it a good/bad thing to use 30-40% less? Is there a greater/lesser consequence to lesser byproducts!? Pretty simple if you ask me. But then with the GASSER passenger vehicle fleet at UPWARDS of 97%; inertia is a very potent force. Passenger diesels at less than 3% of the passenger vehicle fleet has/have never been the problem, despite loud and vocal protestations from the gasser folks and those who stand to lose have maintained. I would ask the gasser naysayers to... do the math....... |
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Replying to: hypnosis44 (Apr 16, 2007 12:23 pm) For change of behavior toward diesel, not much is really required as for ethanol. Just let diesel models be available, let them get 30-40% fuel economy over like unleaded regular models. If you want to accelerate the changeover, cut the tax rate and %. This is too sensical and logical which translates to politically impossibility. |
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Replying to: moparbad (Apr 16, 2007 5:42 pm) |
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Here is a link to a news letter on oil companies. Sometimes interesting, sometimes not, sometimes waiting for the spaceships. I post it only for the future reference and interest of others as it may be to far off topic, although the subject certainly affects diesels prospects. http://www.oilwatchdog.org/?topicId=8055&/Chevron Separately; I was able to offer some assistance to a friend who wanted to buy a used diesel. She settled on a pristine 2002 GTI with 48K from an original owner. It would not be my choice for congested city driving, (I am using the bus!) but she is ecstatic! and what else really matters to an individual? She is running 10% Bio Diesel available locally. Question: As BD tends to dislodge fuel line build up in older cars that have not run BD, which can then foul fuel injectors, should she change the fuel filter now or later? At 10-20% concentration, is it even a concern?
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Replying to: hypnosis44 (Apr 17, 2007 10:56 am) I run B5 or B10 every fourth or fifth tankful and so far no issues. I have run as high as B40 once and there was no detrimental effect. I will be changing the fuel filter in the next couple of weeks and let you know how it looks.
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Replying to: winter2 (Apr 17, 2007 5:47 pm) My error; of course it is a TDI not a GTI. |
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Replying to: hypnosis44 (Apr 17, 2007 10:56 am) Higher concentrations, and certainly at B100, requires more adjustments. Fuel filter should be replaced and rubber seals need to be replaced with teflon coated seals to prevent the cleaning characteristic of the bio fuel from eating away the rubber. These adjustments have been an impediment to wide-scale use of B100 in a lot of big-rig fleets. |
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