> ALGAE DOES NOT grow in diesel fuel. Other biological "bugs" do however grow > in diesel fuel under rare and specific conditions. It is a long term > storage condition. Diesel fuel degrades over a period of time and forms > asphaltene compounds which eventually settle out forming a sludge that > resembles ALGAE but which is not. These are excerpts from two WebPages > that ultimately quote the same person. He is in the business of selling > diesel fuel system filtering systems so use the info to do your own > research. > > http://www.shareyourstate.com/dieselfuel.htm
Funny, I pulled a fuel tank out of a 1987 vintage car, and there was diesel fuel in it from long ago (a parts car), and miracle of miracles, I could see the bottom of the tank in all it's metallic glory, through the fuel after I pulled the level sender out... Algae, bacteria, whatever you would care to call it matters not a whit to me, but that fact remains, that some kind of life thrives in a diesel fuel environment... Specific conditions for growth, yes, rare, not so much... any life including us needs specific conditions to grow... As for this life form living in BD, I have to ask, why wouldn't it?? There are organisms that grow in all manner of extreme environments... seems to me that a "natural" fuel such as BD, is not all that hostile, and could/would quite easily support life - even if we (as humans) are arrogant enough to believe otherwise... In any case, the "crud" exisits, and can be cleaned up, but as I said in my last post, it's a bear... best to avoid creating a friendly environment for it in the first place if at all possible... Al > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
