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#7296 of 8143 Re: Just another D2 tank full [gagrice] by ruking1 Dec 21, 2008 (10:03 am)
Replying to: gagrice (Dec 20, 2008 2:05 pm) Thanks for both the reminder and the heads up. It seems (in the west anyway) that both Chevron and Arco/BP serve up the highest D2 cetane (ratings, i.e., 50/52-53 cetane). Replies to this message: winter2 (Dec 21, 2008 6:07 pm)
#7297 of 8143 MORE SALESMAN SALES HYPE [gagrice] by hypnosis44 Dec 21, 2008 (4:07 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Dec 20, 2008 6:53 am) Specious sales hype along right along with several other auto makers making the same claims.   Tick Tock Replies to this message: gagrice (Dec 21, 2008 4:22 pm)
#7298 of 8143 Re: MORE SALESMAN SALES HYPE [hypnosis44] by gagrice Dec 21, 2008 (4:22 pm)
Replying to: hypnosis44 (Dec 21, 2008 4:07 pm) I wondered where you went. Thought maybe you got mugged on the bus going to hear Al Gore at GW meeting. Have they signed you up to sell carbon credits?
#7299 of 8143 Diesel Price Check by altair4 Dec 21, 2008 (5:27 pm)
Local station - Pittsburgh, PA suburbs RUG - $1.759 PUG - $1.999 Diesel - $2.899 Replies to this message: winter2 (Dec 21, 2008 6:08 pm)
#7300 of 8143 Re: Just another D2 tank full [ruking1] by winter2 Dec 21, 2008 (6:07 pm)
Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 21, 2008 10:03 am) I live in Maryland and I would love to see 50+ cetane D2 here. We are lucky if we get 45 cetane. I need to add cetane improver to each tankful of D2 I buy.
#7301 of 8143 Re: Diesel Price Check [altair4] by winter2 Dec 21, 2008 (6:08 pm)
Replying to: altair4 (Dec 21, 2008 5:27 pm) In Germantown MD   RUG 1.559 Diesel 2.439   All prices are cash.
#7302 of 8143 Old news, but is the percentage still measurable? by ruking1 Dec 24, 2008 (8:25 am)
Interesting math problem:   what is 33,541 (US market diesel passenger cars) / 250,400,000 (US registered vehicles in 2004) ?   link title   .0001339 % !?
#7303 of 8143 Re: ... Diesel Design Thoughts [winter2] by roland3 Dec 26, 2008 (1:02 pm)
Replying to: winter2 (Dec 17, 2008 12:36 pm) ... Winter, there a few things CARB and or EPA and or the manufacturers don't want you to know. There are many failing DPF's, many removed, when in burn/clean mode they use much fuel and create NOx, they reduce MPG and increase carbon output even when in spec, they increase purchase and maintenance costs. The systems going down the highway out of spec might be more of a problem than none at all (industry wide). .. ... Do I have a solution ? Well, several companies are starting to offer retro-fit exchange DPF's. These don't require the individual vehicle to have the proper burn/clean mode. Just unfasten a few stainless steel band clamps (after the red light comes on on the dash), drop the DPF at a dealer and pick up your clean filter. These have been cleaned under a much better controlled procedure in a designed facility. .. ... Beyond that I still have to wonder if we had Aveos, Neon, Foci, Jetta, Camry, Accord size vehicles getting seventy MPG with no DPF and no EGR that had say 90 percent less particulate and seventy percent less NOx than 1990 vehicles with much less carbon output than anything today, brought about about by very sophisticated fuel injection, would we not be better off ??? .. ... I want clean air but the CARB regs today are not for internal combustion engines. My opinion is that it is only possible with a major battery breakthrough and solar/wind recharging. Replies to this message: ruking1 (Dec 26, 2008 1:22 pm)
#7304 of 8143 Re: ... Diesel Design Thoughts [roland3] by ruking1 Dec 26, 2008 (1:22 pm)
Replying to: roland3 (Dec 26, 2008 1:02 pm) Indeed we can cut our so called "foreign oil" dependency, just by SETTING the goal of 22% passenger diesel fleet and actually letting folks buy passenger diesel products. While I like segments such as Accord,Camry, Malibu, Tarus, etc etc, what person would not mind a choice to get a 20-40% boost in fuel mileage?   here is the eia.gov comic book version (aka, keep the dummies in RUG to PUG)   link title
#7305 of 8143 The Funky Thing. . . by cdnpinhead Dec 26, 2008 (1:36 pm)
is that the tree-huggers look like they're in bed with the oil companies.   Some would say that jacking up the U.S. (& Canadian) demand for diesel is a bad thing because there's already plenty of demand for diesel (plus fuel oil & jet A) in the trucking, railroad, marine and airline industries -- gasoline is a waste product from producing the fuel that runs commerce. You can only tweak the percentages of gasoline vs. diesel/kerosine/jet A so much in the refining process. It could be that "Big Oil" isn't interested in increasing demand for practical clean diesel cars in North America.   Oh what a tangled web we weave. . .   In any event, I'd be driving an A3 or BMW with a 1.9 or 2.0 litre diesel today if I could.   Certainly looks like it to me.

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