On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:10:53 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Backward compatability does not seem to be at >issue.
Yes and no. Once it is established that backward compatability is not at issue or is mostly not at issue, for dino-diesel engines, then this information needs to be disseminated or chewed over by people such as myself in our battles comparing biodiesel, as an alt-fuel, with the half-dozen or more other supposedly-superior-to-everything-under-the-sun alt-fuel proposals (such as for Propane, CNG, electricity, H2, Hythane, etc.) that we hear every week. Then there are nuances to the debate in other alt-fuels. With electricity, for example, we have all sorts of charger proposals with all levels of safety or claimed safety, convencience, time of recharge (very important with EV and grid-chargeable hybrid proposals, etc.) Electricity is more backwards-compatible with present infrastructure in one sense than other alt-fuels, because the means for distributing the fuel all well-estalished all over the place. Then if you have a standard plug on your EV it is very compatible (assuming you install proper charger and safety equipment in your garage). But those standard plugs may or may not be not tops in other areas such as safety or efficiency or time-to-recharge, so there are just lots of details as you can see. Not to say that this non-biofuel-stuff is what you took away from my mention of backwards compatability, but once I can hear clearly from folks such as yourself on the finer points (if any) of biodiesel in all areas, such as backwards compatability, then I can try, as I have been, to bring this to other folks who don't know as much about it, in the "energy policy debates" that are where I'm sort of coming from. So, I cannot as easily dismiss this debate, although I could see for someone like yourself that getting it momentarily out of the way would be critical to getting-your-tasks-done. MM 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/
