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To: thackney

Once everything gets converted, the maintenance savings would be astronomical.


2 posted on 03/07/2013 9:30:23 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Slump Tester

Fuel Savings alone will me Billons of dollars per year.


3 posted on 03/07/2013 9:39:34 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Slump Tester
Once everything gets converted, the maintenance savings would be astronomical.
I’m assuming that the conversion is of a diesel engine from straight diesel fuel to lean-mixture natural gas ignited by pilot charge of diesel oil. While that’s highly economical based on the low price of natural gas, it also is a very efficient process thermodynamically. And since the combustion of carbureted air is smoother than the combustion of injected fuel oil, I suppose there is the potential for maintenance savings because of the lack of “diesel knock”. Are there other maintenance savings?

24 posted on 03/07/2013 1:28:43 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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