--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not enough debate. More than there was, and a legislative push by > John Dingell, but still not enough. US 1%, Germany 37% - which > Liedtke says would be the case in the US too if consumers were given > a choice. > > http://www.dieselforum.org/inthenews/boschspeech_080702.html > > Diesels Are Ready. Why Aren't We? > Kurt Liedtke, Chairman, President and CEO > Robert Bosch Corporation > > Thank you Dave. Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be on this panel > with 2 prestigious colleagues. I feel a little bit troubled by the > theme of this conference - Fast, Fun and Scary. It sounds like the > title of a Spaghetti Western Movie - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. > I guess the expectation is that Tim shall be the fast one, Bill the > funny one and I the scary one. So I shall try to stand up to the > expectation and talk to you about something really scary - diesel in > the United States. > > (Big Snip)
Keith, I agree that there isn't enough debate or consideration of Diesel engines in the US. I also believe that Diesel engine technology in the US is nearly at it's limit...UNTIL we can get some decent fuel to burn in them. Our current fuel is barely able to be burned, let alone try to do it cleanly and efficiently. I can foresee some difficulty in making a transition to better fuels, also. There are a LOT of industrial-use engines that are decades old still in use. Perhaps a change only in highway-use fuels to begin with? This has been partially begun with low(er)-sulfer fuels for highway use. I assume refineries have already implemented a system for producing 2 different versions of Diesel fuel, or does a portion of it get further refining in an additional step? Anyone? That is my trifle of input for now. Motie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
