Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:42:23 -0600
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
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Only a minority of biodiesel is produced from waste fats. The majority is produced from vegetable oils farmed for the purpose. Perhaps your biodiesel is from waste. If so, good on you. mcneely
---- Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Thanks for your apology, but you seem to be uninformed.
> This is not ethanol.
> Biodiesel is produced from recycled oils and non food ag products like
> chicken fat.
>
> Frank
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Sorry but a lot of regular diesel is used to grow the food that you are
> > using for fuel. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
> >
> > Rob
> > becida@comcast.net
> > and it's not even Friday
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11/23/2011 10:32 AM, Frank Lee wrote:
> >
> >> I use Biodiesel B100 summer and B50 winter because war and deep sea
> >> drilling are not required to produce it.
> >>
> >> We have a buying club in Baltimore www.baltimorebiodiesel.org
> >> Cost a little more. But very little goes to *Haliburton.
> >> *Little effect on mileage.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > With my 82 na 1.6 diesel Westy I get approx 30mpg all the time...
> >> slowly
> >> > but surely !
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Alan Felder
> >> > Austin TX
> >> > 82 Diesel Westy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM, ralph meyermann
> >> > <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>**wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > With minor mods to the tdi and te old one wire injection pump juiced
> >> up
> >> > too
> >> > > I should be able to get 200-300 ftlbs torque and keep about 20-25 mpg
> >> > > pulling probably 30+ not pulling and the simplicity of a one wire
> >> pump!
> >> > >
> >> > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
> >> > >
> >> > > On Nov 23, 2011 9:07 AM, "Robert Stevens" <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:47 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > I would like to do a tdi upgrade from my
> >> > > > n...
> >> > > Unless you are very attached to diesel, you can get better yet mpg
> >> and
> >> > > lower
> >> > > cost overall, by considering a Subaru H6 3.0 (minimum 16mpg while
> >> pulling
> >> > > a trailer), and the engine cost/installation is less $$$ as well. The
> >> > > "power" for
> >> > > the least powerful (2001-2004 engines) is 212HP, 210Lb/ft. I'm getting
> >>
> >> > > 17mpg
> >> > > for all of my travels in the intermountain/Rocky Mountain region for
> >> the
> >> > > last
> >> > > 25K miles (since May 2009 conversion).
> >> > >
> >> > > Bob Stevens
> >> > > '87 Syncro Westy
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
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David McNeely
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