--- In [email protected], Kennet Boater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thankyou for the advice Tony, I will think about what you have said. > > Two quick questions though, what is a "fuel bug" and its effects on the fuel/engine and where can I get the biocide to treat/cure it. > > I would really like to stay with the biodiesel as it is so much better for the enviroment and this is ONE of the major reasons my family live afloat. > > Many thanks > Lee, lucy and josh
I think Ron has given you a fair reply (I have been on holiday)and I suspect we can add Marine 16 and Fortron. I am afraid I would take some issue with your last statement unless you have cast iron proof that your bio-diesel is all produced from waste local cooking oil and has never been involved in the "splash & dash" procedure or imported. I am interested in how you think the residual chemicals effect the environment and also the glycerin that is produced. Thats without the electricity to heat the process (unless guaranteed to be 100% renewable) and the water required for washing the waste chemicals out of the brew. I agree that spillages are far less damaging (if at all) but personally, although I would like to move away from hydrocarbon diesel, I have yet to be convinced that bio-diesel is better for the environment over all. Tony Brooks
