Posted on 06/26/2005 8:41:02 AM PDT by SJackson
Another selfish, self centered individual, no concern for the condition of his Expedition's arteries at all.
too bad you cant run a motorcycle on biodiesel.... :(
I wouldn't get that crap anywhere near my engine.
Get a load of this (link @ #2)
The country burns something like 20 million barrels of oil and oil products a day. That would be a lot of french fries.
So is bio-diesel bad for the vehicle? There's some fuel out there called "grassoline" that's basically vegetable oil for use in diesel engines.
I was actually reading about biodiesel on the net last night, it is actually better for your engine than regular diesel, and can be made at home three different ways.
Well, if that's true I think this is a great alternative for a lot of applications. Pickup trucks, farm equipment..
I would keep my Ranger on gas but the F150 is getting a bit expensive to drive lately.
Its also a realistic one, im just afraid the Gov't is going to waste too much time looking into Hydrogen fuel cell tech. With the Biodiesel, gas stations wouldnt have to be retooled, and you wouldnt have to waste huge amounts of energy creating Hydrogen.
I'll bet kick starting one of those diesel bikes is a b!tch.
Anything that wastes huge amounts (money, energy,whatever) the government is in favor of.
All kinds of better examples of energy could be developed if that were the goal.
That's not the goal.
too bad you cant run a motorcycle on biodiesel.... :(
You can if you are in the military. USMC to be specific.
Several years ago a Japanese bike company--forget which one-- got together with the USMC and Brit's military technical college, Cranfield University--began working on a diesel bike.
The engine is a modified Japanese bike engine, the frame and running gear is a standard bike structure.
One reason to go diesel is that the economy is great.
The second is that the military wants to keep diesel as the main fuel because that simplifies the logistics tail.
And finally, diesel is more available in most overseas locations than gasoline.
There is a lot of work being done on diesel bikes. Also with Computer Aided Manufacturing, (CAM) new diesel lightplane engines are being successfully built and tested.
Isuzu has a new generation of automotive diesel engines that are designed to be quieter and less "smelly" than present engines are. Chev trucks use these engines under the tradename of "Dura-max," or something similar.
Diesel, whether fossil fueled or biodiesel is what is happening these days.
You'll be able to buy a diesel bike pretty soon.
Ben and I are good friends. I helped him make the "white lightening" to spike the bio-diesel.
I'll stick with 92 octane gasoline. :):)
The tax is paid at the pump, but what mechanism is in place to tax someone that is using an alternative (non-taxed) fuel.
To the best of my knowledge, there isn't one.
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