The beauty (in the truest sense of the word) of the diesel engine is that it can run on LOTS of things. So it is inconsequential that bio-fuels from virgin feedstocks could never run every diesel engine in the world. As long as the US govt pays farmers to keep MILLIONS of acres out of production, there is a place for bio-fuels from virgin feedstocks. Then you have WVO, Waste lard, synfuel, and TCP & CPD technologies (turkey guts and used tires to diesel). AND there is still oil in the ground...to say nothing of more efficient diesel engines and powertrains - a company in california is making series hybrids (like a locomotovie, not parallel hybrids like the prius) - a 2.5 liter diesel engine powers a full size city bus. Any bio-fuel proponent who thinks that rapeseeds alone will power the world are nuts. Anybody who thinks we shouldn't use ANY BioD and VO because someone MIGHT cut down too many trees is EQUALLY nuts. There will be a mosaic of alternatives, not one single cure-all. Another - biogas - a train in Sweden runs on biogas (mix cow crap and grass, collect the gas and off you go (the rest makes GREAT compost for the rainforests)!! Another - a few americans are now using gasogen, widely used by the Germans and Australians in WWII - this is not synfuel, but a carcoal burner with gas sucked into the carb - off you go. My father-in-law's friend was a POW in Germany and was transported in a gasogen powered truck. Worked just fine. Chris
B Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:It's a real problem that David Pimental has been concerned about for some time. He believes that synfuel from coal is a viable source for diesel fuel, but not biodiesel from virgin feedstock. Converting the commercial truck fleet to biodiesel in the US would require six times the total available cropland in the country. TimothyPilgrim wrote: (sigh) We just can't win either way, can we? Looks like we'll all have to revert to a barefoot hunter-gatherer society in order to satisfy some people. Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 11/22/05, Rich Thomas wrote: > http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200511\NAT20051122a.html _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Bruce 82 300CD 334kmi 'His' 85 300CD 236kmi 'Hers' 75 240D 194kmi 'Donner' 77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 209K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 22 20:48:30 2005 Received: from mta11.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.205]) by server1.arterytc1.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Eef42-00055f-2v for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:48:30 +0000 Received: from your03667082de ([68.233.126.219]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:48:22 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Tom Scordato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:46:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] 17mm Tool to Tighten Fuel Rack Nuts X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:48:30 -0000 Is there not a special tool to tighten and loosen fuel rack nuts. I have trouble with my tools getting in there. I think I say a photo or heard someonemention this. Any one have a spare for sale ore know where I can purchase please. Car is 1977 300D, 1979 240D Regards Tom Scordato Bellefonte PA
