diesels most certainly do get higher mpg, because diesel has a higher btu count / gallon.
btu / mile is similar. but gas engines won't run on veggie oil fuels. they wil run on veggie alcohol with a bit of work. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] The Debate Over Diesel > >Certainly, no one argues with international automotive test > >findings that better fuel economy can be had with diesel/electric > >hybrids than with gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles. > > I do most certainly argue with this. I measure mileage by > miles-per-unit-energy, and on that basis, it is not clear to me if diesel gets > better mileage or not. It looks to me like: "about the same", though it's hard > to say. > > I also think that the Battery Electric Vehicle mileage figures I've seen, on a > per-unit-energy-onboard basis, by and large get better mileage than the gasoline > or diesel cars I've seen, by a wide margin, and they also get better mileage > even than the hybrids. I calculate the RAV4 EV as something like 93 mpg > gasoline equivalent, though I'd have to review some of the issues there, such as > whether the mileage is measured at the meter, or onboard, (since there are > inefficiencies of charging, in some cases very very high). > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Plan to Sell a Home? http://us.click.yahoo.com/J2SnNA/y.lEAA/MVfIAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
