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Diesel for Cars to be Produced from Dead Pigs?
An American oil company hopes to start producing diesel by the end of the year produced from pork fat.
Is this a positive development in the fight to resolve the world's energy crisis or is it just another example of man's exploitation of their fellow creatures?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6571993.stm
Have you noticed the lack of interest, information and development shown by all concerned, (governments, oil companies etc) in what is the natural and original solution for diesel engined cars.
Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel engine to run on "Peanut Oil".
It was the oil companies who developed a petroleum by-product (Diesel) which could be used in the diesel engine.
My own diesel vehicle runs on Vegetable Oil. The conversion for the engine cost £150 and took me 3 hours to fit myself.
I can now go to the supermarket and buy 3ltr bottles of Vegetable Oil(Chip Fat) and pour it straight into my tank.
The advantages - well for a start its about half the price of diesel.
It is kinder to the engine as it has more lubricity then diesel.
The engine will last longer, run smoother and return more mile per gallon.
The smell from my vehicle is very much like cooking doughnuts.
The biggest advantage is that the emmissions are zero, my engne is a 2800cc turbo diesel, it gives off less emmissions than the smallest engined most modern most frugal manufactured engine available.
If everyone in the world used this system, then there would be an instant demand for corn, rape seed, etc.
Third world countries with no industry would suddenly become a global exporter of these products. Every farmer in the world would be busy growing crops.
The disadvantages - The british government charge tax on every litre of Vegetable Oil used, why?, if they are so concerned about global warming (as they would have us believe) then why tax a commodity which would have an immediate and profound impact on the Eco system.
The use of Vegetable Oil would severely dent the profits of the oil companies and the revenue collected buy the government.
Now do you see why this is not widely publicised and supported.
We cant all extract and refine our own oil from the ground (for that we rely on the oil companies) but we can all grow our own corn and press it for the oil.
This pig thing is just another gimmick by the oil companies. The fuel produced by it will still contain a greater part of the oil companies fossil fuels and still pollute the atmosphere.
They destroy our world in the name of profit.
Chinese VS. Indian cars?
I am biased towards Indian cars.cause I am Indian, but I think they are better.
Why?
Because they have better crash safety, even the tiny Tata Nano is better than a Chinese coupe or smalls sedan in terms of front and rear impact.
Indian cars usualyl have more powerful power plants.
More reliability, if you know Mahindra and TATA, they will go on forever.
They actually have nice diesel engines, and have better engine tech because they have bought many "powerful" western engine making companies and have ventures with Japanese companies like Honda and Suzuki.
Interior of Indian cars is......bad, worse than Chinese cars. But, other than that, I see no other faults.
But what do you guys think?
(Please no uneducated folk who think of India as a cow herding country just because it hasn't been in the news as much as China; stop looking at info from the 70's or 80's.)
Chinese cars suck, which is why GM is taking over the market in China.
Indian cars not equipped with the appropriate features for the American market. Not only that, since India likes to hope on the train with the best opportunities, like the relationship between India and Russia during the Cold War, even with the appropriate modifications you'll not going to see those cars in the USA.
Even if such vehicles are allowed inside, I really doubt they would sale. Ask KIA how hard it was to get into the American market versus Japanese vehicles, European vehicles, Ford, GM, Daimwhatever, etc. Shoot, why do you not ask an more harder question like this.
Hell, Indian cars will not even sale in California which has an extremely strong car culture, possibly the most out of all the States. Car sales here are the highest in the USA and there's no adequate public transportation in So.Cal. Taxis are hell a lot expensive compared to NY. The MetroLink train that runs on very specific and few "Lines" charges 56.2 cents a mile. =/ It takes me over 15 dollars from Fontana to LA Union Station. It takes me less than 3 dollars to drive there on the 210, safer and faster as well, That shows you how much car industry's lobbyist hinder Public Transportation efforts.
Also, many States are adapting much of Californian emission laws which are the toughest in the USA.
Which car is better, Indian or Brazilian.
Also, diesel engines will not sale well in the USA because it's very inconvenient. Take Peugot, or w/e it's called, they did not survive the American market.
Here are some reasons for the car diesel disadvantages.
1-Diesel engines are dirty and do not meet Federal standards, let alone many States because of all the MPG legislation and stronger emission rates in the US.
2-I only see diesel pumps in very random and few places here in So.Cal.
3- Diesel is more expensive than 87 octane here in So.Cal
4-Diesel engines will have to be nerfed in power and torque to be fuel efficient and better emissions.
5-Diesel technology is expensive, therefore diesel engines are also. I read this article in Car and Drive about reintroducing diesel engines to the American market. The specs for the vehicle were weak and the cost high. =(
Also, you see our big rigs use diesel and also a very few amount of big cab trucks because diesel gives more torque than power. The major problem about these "work horses" is because.....
Department of Motor Vehicles charge more money because it's a work-vehicle if powered by diesel and it's a truck, in California the registration is higher regardless if it's diesel or not so long the truck is listed as work-vehicle. =(
Conclusion.
Though Indian vehicles are better than Chinese, it'l never survive the Western market for long without a lot of costly changes, even if India's economy has "cheaper" labor than USA the American car buyers still will not purchase the car if not assembled in USA and will never buy a Chinese car. LMFAO. Do you see the products they make? They hardly last long and just bad. That's just another story.
Sorry for long story but to compare to countries products than you'll have to compare them to the leading country's industry before assessing. By comparison, India vehicles are better constructed, less pollutant, a bit better mileage, but will all become obsolete soon and big waste for designing diesel engines since they'll never be efficient. =(
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