Hello;
You will get far more than 22mpg with diesel.
Unless of course you are looking for very large capacity engine
(like 6
litres) which and average city user does not need.
Over here (outside of USA) you can buy 2.5 to 3.5 litre diesel
engined
SUV's and Vans.
You will get at least 25mpg. And these are 4x4 heavy duty machines.
Or you can get small capacity diesel cars (example 1.6 litre
Hyundai Getz)
and you get something
like 40 miles to a gallon easily. These are real life values
including city
traffic (not test values).
I have looked at the article, it mentiones that in US the
refineries do not
have the capacity for the diesel production.
Well hey maybe this is a great opportunity for bio-diesel....
Start using
the vegetable oil or even better
waste vegetable oil. You will save the environment, create jobs
for local
farmers and pollute far less.
I would estimate that for a bio-diesel plant it will take maximum
6 months
from scratch to be operational.
And you can use the local farmers produce or local restaurants WVO
(and save
the pollution).
Even better if you have the talent like many in this list you can
make it at
home, and save a bundle...
Article also mentions that diesel prices are soaring. Yes this is
true. I
can tell you that this is a great
tax revenue for all of the government. I can tell you that over
here there
are less taxes on biodiesel.
The government actually supports the BD production. Therefore the
BD sells
for less than normal diesel.
To save more please refer to the last sentence of the previous
paragraph.
There is one more issue about commercial transportation. We need
to build
more railroads. Trucking everything
wil not be feasible. Again in Turkiye I believe we have the
largest truck
population in Europe. But at the end of the
day no matter how many roads you build they are always congested
and the
accident rates are difficult to control.
For commercial transportation you need to build railroads and
develop the
seaways.
So there is a solution for all of the claims this article makes.
It all
comes down to the personal choice of each individual.
Do we want to solve problems? Or do we prefer to enjoy the luxury of
"wasting energy"? I gues our kids will be the one
to appreciate our efforts or put the blame on us.
regards
Burak
Istanbul, Turkiye
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Weaver
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Check out Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes
I read that. Diesel will only help if combined w/ high mileage cars,
hybrid and bio. To go to diesel so Americans can get 22 mpg in their
SUVs is pretty silly.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Click here: Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/
AR200508070
0888.html>
FYI. No mention of biodiesel to augment supplies.
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