Date:         Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:36:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The fuel of choice of the world?
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Right now the feds are subsidizing B99 to the tune of about a
dollar/gallon.  This means I can roll up to the local filling station
and pump almost pure biodiesel for $2.94/gal, which is 15cents cheaper
than dino diesel around here.  I hope this WBX is the last gas huffing
road vehicle I ever own.  When the engine finally dies, it's getting
R&R'd with either a TDI or 1.9TD (with some of my custom tweaks). 
There simply is no direct rival between the economy and performance of
a modern turbodiesel and its lowly gasser counterparts.  If modern gas
engines are so efficient and superior, how come there aren't any
over-the-road trucks running gasolene anymore?  Isn't the Van just a
smaller version of these box-on-wheels utility rigs?

Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel:
'87 300TD intercooler (209k)
'84 300D (204k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K)