My 91 Jetta ECOdiesel has a factory catalytic converter on it. The sulphur content does not affect the cat converters. It reduces acid rain formation from sulphric acid released from burning high sulphur fuels. TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brice Ligget" <gremlinmt@BRESNAN.NET> To: <SABMAG@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [SABMAG] Diesel bike sets land speed records
> Actually diesels soon will have emission testing. The big ultra low > sulfur > diesel projects that refineries are putting in right now are to reduce the > amount of sulfur in diesel fuel so that diesel engines can have catalytic > converters fitted. > > You wouldn't believe how much money oil companies are spending right > now. I work at three different refineries here abouts. The big one is > dropping 100 million a year into new construction. The middle sized one > has just delayed scheduled maintenance until next spring because it needs > the mogas unit running full out to keep up with gasoline demand. Heck > even > the little refinery is dropping 40 million a year on construction of a new > coker unit. > > Big things are happening in petrochemical right now, new ways of > converting > coal to gasoline, synthetic gas, etc. > > At 08:23 AM 10/8/2005, you wrote: > >>I wonder what kind of sound a diesel bike will have? Personally, I don't >>care much for diesel vehicles because they are noisy and I don't like the >>fumes. I guess there will be another class of vehicles that won't be >>subject to emition testing. > > > -- > Brice Ligget > 1984 VF700S > > Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips > over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. > -Matt Groening > > To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent. > - <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Berton_Averre>Berton Averre > |
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