Day Of The Diesel

Forbes ^ | 10/29/2006 | Dan Lienert

[Red Badger]

Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeen!.................I gonna dress up as Diesel Fuel Pump...........Nobody'll know who or what I am!..........

[Red Badger]

Diesel Ping List
If you want on or off the DIESEL "KNOCK" LIST just FReepmail me........

[toomanygrasshoppers]

*Ping*

[marc costanzo]

BioDiesel, aka Organic Diesel is so overrated !

The energy density of these vegetable oils is so low, that I do not see this fuel as very useful for powering off road vehicles .

[Red Badger]

...energy density of these vegetable oils is so low...

Sources, please........

[sausageseller]

Powers all of my diesels just fine.

On road and off!

[marc costanzo]

>>...energy density of these vegetable oils is so low...
Sources, please........
<<

I said this from my own view .
If Organic Diesel had an 'energy density' comparable to Petroleum-based Diesel, then this fuel would have been adopted along time ago .

I once saw a 1984 episode of RIPLEY'S: Believe It Or Not,
wherein the narrator(Jack Palance) describe this old man in middle America who had adapted his Diesel-Engine automobile to run on vegetable oil as well as Petrol-Diesel .

[marc costanzo]

>>Powers all of my diesels just fine.
On road and off!
<<

Okay, I will take your word for that .

[Psycho_Bunny]

Ya Baby!  67-horsepower and plumes of smoke off the line.

Who knew I was so ahead of the curve.

[Toby06]

I said this from my own view .

Well, that settles it. Everyone abandon biodisel now, because the Omniscient marc costanzo says so.

[B Knotts]

The energy density of these vegetable oils is so low, that I do not see this fuel as very useful for powering off road vehicles.

You realize, of course, that biodiesel has a higher energy density than gasoline, right?

[marc costanzo]

There was Americans who were working on their Diesel powered autos to run on Vegatbale oil from the local burger joint, as far back as 1984 !

[marc costanzo]

>>Well, that settles it. Everyone abandon biodisel now, because the Omniscient marc costanzo says so.
<<

Hey hey hey, I did not say that at all .

You have libeled me .

Hey all, lighten up !

[sausageseller]

60 minutes did a story on a guy who ran his VW Rabbit on cooking oil around 1978ish

[marc costanzo]

>>You realize, of course, that biodiesel has a higher energy density than gasoline, right?<<

I did not say gasoline, I was talking about petroleum derived Diesel !

[Toby06]

You are right about a moderatley lower energy content, but how about a source for your claim other than "I say so!"?

[marc costanzo]

>>60 minutes did a story on a guy who ran his VW Rabbit on cooking oil around 1978ish<<

Okay, you've obviously been around longer than I . .

[goldstategop]

Diesels are more reliable than gas engines. Which is why semis have diesel mounted engines.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[marc costanzo]

>>You are right about a moderatley lower energy content, but how about a source for your claim other than "I say so!"?<<

I was just speculating .

C'mon, I was not making an official pronouncement .

[Red Badger]

Vegetable based diesel was used long ago. WWII saw supply trucks and other engines fuelled with diesel made from "popcorn" tree seeds in Chinese theater. This particular seed has been used for centuries as candle tallow, hence the name, Chinese Tallow tree......As for other veg oils, I haven't seen any article, anywhere, that the energy density, and thus the mileage, is any less than petro-diesel. Just google the web and youl'll find many "home brew" kits for sale that allow you to re-cycle used restaurant oils, usually free for the asking. Animal fats, vege oils, non food seed oils (castor, linseed, tung, etc) and COAL OIL can all be used in diesel engines practically as is. Ultra-Filtering is the only really "must do" requirement. Some of the heavier oils must be heated to a slightly elevated temp so the flow properly, but blending and ethanol additives can be used instead. Diesel is coming soon and we in the US are already far behind Europe and Asia as far as consumer choices for automobiles. The fuel is here, the cars are not. While GM/FORD sits around wondering why their cars are not selling, they could be leading the way......