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Date:         Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:29:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
In-Reply-To:  <Law9-F54Zx4L28t8YgH00007ac0@hotmail.com>
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Entity Robert Keezer spoke thus:

> [diesel] is not user friendly. It evaporates slowly and stains > permanently. The former? That's a big advantage. The latter? Never noticed it. What exactly does it stain for you?

> So if you spill some on your shoes or dress you will smell it > all day. In 14 years of burning diesel it never happened. Gasoline on the other hand, sprays all over the place.

> I don't like the smell of Diesel fuel-maybe it's an aquired taste. Trucker's perfume, some of us think it's sexy.

> Gasoline evaporates faster and yes, you will smell it a long time also but > the smell will wash out easier. I don't believe it.

> Remember how as a kid you loved the smell of gas at the pump? Eh? Always hated gasoline. Instant headache.

>Does anyone > who grew up with Diesel have the same memories? Sure do, but I never went out of my way to sniff it.

> The noise of Diesel. > When I hear Diesel pick-up truck coming down my street my first thought is > where's the fire? > Some are as loud as firetrucks. One mans noise is another mans music.

> if I had a Diesel here my neighbors would > be all over me just starting it up to run to the store after ten. What's wrong with your neighbors?

> And finally the smell of exhaust-much more noticeable in Diesel than a > optimized air/fuel ratio FI gas engine. A clean diesel emits almost no hydrocarbons and even a dirty diesel emits zero carbon monoxide. Even modern gas engines emit CO, so your complaints are just more propaganda.

> Which means I have to waste that fuel mileage Diesel offers looking for a > pump. I think you'reinventing complaints. How about filling up incidentally instead of making a special trip?

> Your comments and opinions pro or con are welcomed of course! Every time I smell some old car spewing unburned gasoline I praise Jimmy Carter for clean air laws, catalytic converters were the best thing that ever happened to gas engines.

-- Gnarlie


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