Date:         Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:29:59 -0700
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From:         Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
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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