I had diesel cars the last 26 years as private vehicle, both in Sweden and after I moved to middle and southern Europe. In Sweden it was often minus 25 Celsius in the winter and minus 15 Celsius in Central Europe. The only time I had serious problem was one time when I was skiing in Sweden and it was minus 40 Celsius for a couple of days. Had to heat it up and then put 20% Kerosene in the tank. Could not ski anyway, since the risk for bad frostbites was too big.
Hakan PS. during the same period I had gasoline company cars. At 10:34 AM 12/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I don't really know what I'm talking about, but from a Canadian >perspective I think diesel is widely considered a "dirty" fuel (and it >sounds like the truth of this is what you're researching), but also it's >hard to start when it's minus 20 degrees, which is a real, if >surmountable, problem in this climate - this second point would also >apply to some areas in the US. > >Mike > > >>Hello All, > >> > >>I'm looking for a concise description of the differences between European > >>(global if you know) and US diesel fuel (BTU, Sulphur content, refinement > >>processes, etc), exhaust systems (Catalytic converters, emission controls, > >>etc), as well as any other significant combustion and/or emissions > >>differences. I'm trying to put together a complete but digestible > >>description of global diesel usage as well as the reasons for it's notable > >>lack of presence in the US. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Thom > >> > > > >Hello Thom > > > >Good for you. Can't help much, but these might be useful: > > > >"Fuel Lubricity Reviewed", Paul Lacey, Southwest Research Institute, > >Steve Howell, > >MARC-IV Consulting, Inc., SAE paper number 982567, International Fall > Fuels and > >Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, October 19-22, 1998, San > >Francisco, California. > > > >Lubricity Benefits > >http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/Lubricity.PDF > > > >Best > > > >Keith > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Biofuels list archives: > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
