Date:         Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:22:05 -0600
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
Comments: To: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
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---- Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I use Biodiesel  B100 summer and B50 winter because war and deep sea
> drilling are not required to produce it.

But diversion of farm land from food crops or diversion of land that should be n conservation to fuel farming is required.  Until we get off the use of liquid fuel for transportation, we're damned if we do and damned if we do something else.  No free lunch.

Of course, there is a lot of biomass that ends up in landfills.  Some way to harvest that for biodiesel or other fuel would be great.

mcneely

>
> 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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David McNeely