Keith Addison wrote:
> Further to what I was saying about additives, as a resource for
> countering diesel-bashers (below), here's one seemingly good
> candidate, with more on the way it seems:
>
> http://www.rxp.com/master.htm
> Master Index WELCOME TO RXP PRODUCTS, INC. THE HOME OF THE LITTLE RED BOTTLE.
>
> See especially "Biodiesel & RxP".
>
> Quite a lot of info here, please check it out, comments. Don Woodward
> of RxP wrote to me a while back and we exchanged some emails. I've
> just written to him again.
>
> Anyone know anything about catalysts for biodiesel use?
>
> Best
>
> Keith Addison
> Journey to Forever
> Handmade Projects
> Osaka, Japan
> http://journeytoforever.org/
>
>
> <snip>
>
> >We're inclined to say, with the NBB, that "Biodiesel NOx emissions
> >can be efficiently eliminated as a concern", that NOx emissions can
> >easily be reduced to dinodiesel levels or below, without sacrificing
> >biodiesel's PM reductions. All true and good.
> >
> >But it seems the dinodiesel level is the wrong comparison - what we
> >have to do is reduce the NOx emissions to below the levels of
> >less-efficient engines (that's why they produce less NOx, right?).
> >
> >What that would seem to mean is either catalysts (no sulphur in
> >biodiesel to wreck the catalyst), or additives, several of which are
> >available (I think we've checked them out before, they should be in
> >the archives).
> >
> >That or argue about NOx - but I think they're twin-bogeymen, diesels
> >and NOx, the D-word and the N-word, little use in appealing to
> >reason. That's the way it was with the Environment Prevention
> >Department in Hong Kong (the now-famous Mr Mok), and that's the way
> >it is in Japan too (with frills), especially in Tokyo, where a
> >populist mayor uses the issue as a vote-grabber (and where really
> >gross garbage incinerators have meanwhile earned Tokyo the title of
> >"The Dioxin Capital of the World").
> >
> >--------
> >
> >Re gathering ammunition for a diesel-basher-bashing campaign, as
> >previously discussed, progress on my part has been a bit sporadic,
> >as promised, but I have gathered some material, and a clearer idea
> >of what's needed - mainly independent scientific work, like the
> >Harvard study I posted. And it'll have to be US-based work - as you
> >can see from the faq excerpt above, Europe and Japan don't appear to
> >exist on this planet. Leaving us with the Ford Focus and a bucket of
> >piss, LOL.
> >
> >Any further offers?
> >
> >How much use a frontal attack on folks like Club Sierra, the NRDC
> >and so on will be is questionable, regardless of ammunition calibre.
> >While they certainly have every good reason to change their stance,
> >they might also have lots of bad reasons not to. What's mostly
> >happened previously is that we've tried to respond to news sources
> >and so on which have carried their spin, with some success, though
> >mixed. This is where a central resource of authoritative material
> >will help.
> >
> >Another useful tactic will be to proliferate the material to other
> >sources, like Environmental Media Services (EMS), which I mentioned
> >before (my job).
> >
> >Any and all ideas, suggestions, comments, raspberries, welcome.
> >
> >Best
> >
> >Keith Addison
>
>
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