Date:         Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:22:22 -0500
Reply-To:     "Barry E. Muller" <bmuller@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU>
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From:         "Barry E. Muller" <bmuller@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU>
Subject:      Low Sulfur Diesel was: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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So what is considered "low sulfur"?  At work we have some diesel generators
that we analyze the fuel in the tanks each month. comes back at the
detection limit of 0.05% S.  Or more to the point, what percentage or ppm S
is in Euro-diesel?

bem-stem
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)


> On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Clive Smith wrote:
>
> > RE: European diesel fuel, it is known usually 'low sulphur - is yours
marked
> > similarly at the pumps?
>
> Low sulfur fuel is still rare in the U.S.  The local transit authority
> made a big deal about switching over to low-sulfur fuel for their buses
> recently.  It was their way of trying to gain a little more environmental
> credibility.
>
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