You're preaching to the choir here! Tom Miller P. Stanhope wrote: >WORD! yes Bio-diesel burns alot cleaner than >synthetic diesel. If we could convince all our >shipping companys to use bio-diesel, there would be >alot less soot everywhere and alot more truck drivers >living to the age of 60. >With all the surplus corn and peanuts we produce, we >should be able to power ALL diesels off of >bio-diesel...and simultaniously taking the profit$ >away from the Saudis....talk about patriotism! > >Phil > > > > >--- tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM> wrote: > > >>My 91 Jetta ECOdiesel came with a catalytic >>converter to burn up any >>soot that tries to escape. The TDI diesels of today >>are even cleaner. >>With proper computerized fuel injection, soot and >>NOX are less than gas >>engine emissions. With biodiesel, they even smell >>better than gas exhaust. >>They are far superior to any hybrid car as well. >>More space, similar >>mileage with higher load capacity, less complex to >>maintain. >>TEMiller (diesel in my blood!) >> >>Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa wrote: >> >> >> >>>Yep, I did. Wasn't lost on me that Diesels are >>> >>> >>probably not a very good >> >> >>>ultimate environmental solution to our >>> >>> >>transportation needs. Soot and NOX >> >> >>>can't be ignored. >>> >>>DB >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Matthew" <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM> >>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:35 PM >>>Subject: Diesels on NPR this morning >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>anybody else catch the NPR piece this morning on >>>>Diesels? much discussion was on the VW diesel. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1892180 >>> >>> >>>>-=matthew >>>> >>>>===== >>>>Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and >>>> >>>> >>flirting with death >> >> >>>>Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and >>>> >>>> >>catch your breath" >> >> >>>>University of Idaho >>>>www.ftir.chem.uidaho.edu >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>__________________________________ >>>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>>Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs >>>> >>>> >>>http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >===== >Phil >84' Westy...Tiico'ed >00' Cannondale MTB >95' S9 Skateboard >04' New Balance 705 All Terrain's > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' >http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > > > |
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