Not to hijack the thread, but since I havent been checking the list lately, I wonder if anyone has become aware of the film that is supposed to come out soon called Fuel. Its about environmental issues and it features a guy who apparently has been driving around in a veggie diesel bus since like the 90s or something. Brian
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:45 PM, ernest breakfield < erne...@backyardengineering.org> wrote: > several things i find interesting about this; first is the fact that it's > coming to light now that some of the BioD producers there are actually doing > exceedingly well, in spite of the complaints that imported US BioD is > causing the failure of the EU BioD industry. > > of more interest to those on this list as well, i have to wonder why EU > auto manufacturers keep telling us we can't use Amerikun BioD in their cars > because our fuel doesn't meet their standards for BioD, yet it's claimed now > that almost 20% of the fuel used in the EU is imported Amerikun fuel,... > does that reek of "WTF?" to anyone else? > > > cheers! > e > > > Redghost wrote: > >> And with europe now trying to impose a tariff on US made bioD, there >> should be more for us. Seems we would import B100, add 1% diesel or some >> such and then ship that to europe. Get the $1/gal tax rebate and make money >> on the deal. Should be coming down in price though, since EU wants to >> impose a $1/gal tariff on our stuff >> >> clay >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:43 AM, ernest breakfield wrote: >> >> not hardly; yet more BioD stations are springing up here all the time, >>> and the best early ones are getting bigger. while it may not qualify as >>> mainstream, it's certainly not radical anymore. >>> i think that we don't hear as much about it in the press now because >>> it's no longer 'new' and therefore not sensational enough to be interesting >>> anymore. (heck, even i've been doing it for ~5 years already, and i wasn't a >>> particularly early adopter here!) >>> >>> >>> cheers! >>> e >>> >>> >>> Gary Hurst wrote: >>> >>>> is that done with? the biodiesel craze, that is. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> [snip] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090224/9635c445/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090227/080638b4/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
