Bullshit on the veggie power...

So many make such a huge fuss over if your rig isnt set up for veggie oil its not right, but im sorry to say the slight improvement in the improved exhaust is just a joke.

Just as my gas hog rig 8.2 mpg isnt a veggie ride we both have all this in common.

We both use petro oil in the crankcase, both use the same brake pads, both use the same antifreeze as well as tires in which we replace the the culls all go to the same place to be burned or put in a landfill.

Even the crankcase oil come in PLASTIC containers that last forever.

My point is the waste from our rides is almost the exact same........Im sure someone can find the emission stats for a veg ride vs a new hybrid or new suv for that matter.....

Whats up?

 

what on earth are you talking about?

 

When compared to the waste (old engine oil,anti freeze...tires....brake pads...ect) Shit that is bad for the eco system,havina veggie powered rig isnt the enviro-hip things its cracked up to be.

 

veggie powered rig???? what, u put potatos in instead of petrol?

 

vegetable oil


it saves on fuel, it's replaceable, and most of those other things can be made syntheticall, recycled or made from vegatable products, the brake pads on my car are actually vegatable product that was developed to replace old asbestos brake pads

motor oil is recyclable, and even if it weren't you can manufacture synthetics

the containers motor oil comes in, again recyclable

tires are recyclable, but it takes quite a lot of energy to reclaim the parts, so you'd best just make some planters out of them....


so really if everything is done right, yeah, you can dramatically reduce waste

and there haven't been too many emmisions reports out on veggie oil, but it produces a sight less CO2....

 

ohhh right now i know what ur all taking about, we had lots of people being arrested in England last year for using veg oil in the their cars, cos obviously it's cheaper than petrol and the government dont get much tax off it.

 

I think we need a lot of new technology to make cars much more eco friendly as a whole, but too be honest this is a start! We should not be complaining about preogress, its not to the extent most of us would wish but we have to keep pushing for more to be done but at least something is.

For me personally, i will not drive, I do not have a car or even know how to drive but do not plan to. I also will never fly because of the pollution in which that causes, now these may be small steps of doing nothing but every little bit helps. I know many people cannt give up there cars so we do need to improve, but we can stop flying as much and that will be quite affective so slow climate change.

Michael x

 

The main benefit of vegetable oil is simply that it's a great, renewable alternative to petrol. While I don't feel converting diesels is the best way to use it, there's great potential for it as an energy source.

 

there is no difference between d2 diesel oil and heating oil (except in color added to htng oil because of different taxes)

 

Most certainly.

 

short answer is - yes.

here in croatia it's ''blue diesel'', allowed only for agriculture and proffesional fisherman. same refinement as clear d2 (used for heavy trucks, working machinery or boat engines), or red-pigmented heating oil.

street vehicles uses d1 diesel with finer level of refinement. those ''d1'' and ''d2'' i'm talking about are industrial graduations only and you'll not hear them as merchant names. we have commercial categories for street vehicles diesels, such as ''euro-diesel 93'' etc, because some of them have various additives.

 

i don't know if heating on bio-oil is commercialy better than other eco-friendly primitive heatings like burning wood. i hope someone studied this and will post here about it, i'm very interested in subject. i think growing plantation of black locust is more opportune than sunflower or corn for refining bio oil.

anyone? calories per neto grain per brutto of crop per acre of land vs. wood coppicing? refining oil from corn or just burning whole corn?

 

What if you just filled up at mc d`s and your cruisin smelling like a burnt up fish filet?

 

Every little bit helps!!!!! you can't do everything at once, Veggie oil is step in the right directions, Like my dad always said "Rome wasn't built in a day!"

 

nah, it smells like french fries

 

the more pertinent historical shiboeth today would be ......rome didnt fall in a day ....