Fwd: Re: Lubricity Additive Study for the ultra low sulfur diesel fuel
Charlie O'dell
have had several calls and visits since the article in the Current section
of Roanoke Times paper by folks wanting to try our soy biodiesel fuel. I
really believe it serves as a tonic to this new ultra low sulfur diesel
fuel; my diesel engines run quieter and smoother with a 20 percent
biodiesel blend with the petroleum diesel fuel I purchase at Snuffy's store
BP station here at Prices Fork. If this attachment will not open for you
please let me know, I will mail you a copy. Hope you can join our small
cooperative as you hear back from Shawna Carr, our contact person for new
member interest. I believe our next step should be to consider the idea of
possible future expansion by all going together to help finance a filling
station in this area open to the public. More diesel vehicles are finally
coming. Most are still foreign makes - Honda will have a new diesel powered
Accord here this time next year, 2009 model, others coming too. GM will
bring out their new light duty 1500 series one-half ton pick-up with a
smaller diesel engine this time next year, a 2009 model, would love to have
one of those! The new '08 VW Jetta is here with a new ultra clean
turbo-diesel now, very high fuel mileage reported! In Canada I understand
Mercedes markets their new 200 series small diesel car, a 4 cylinder high
fuel mileage vehicle, hope they will bring it here in the near future! I
will copy this to Shawna Carr and to our biodiesel group in hopes they feel
that we should be looking ahead to begin dialogue towards possibly
developing a marketing business plan for future retail sales, to meet
anticipated rising consumer demand in this area. I also understand the road
to success with biodiesel is littered with failed cooperatives! Our co-op's
collective hope has been that commercial oil companies would begin to see
the rising demand and interest in biodiesel fuel and at least one of them
would begin to market it to consumers in this area. Perhaps to them it
seems like a competing product in "their" market, they seem very reluctant
to stock it.
Sincerely,
Charlie O'Dell, Crows Nest Farm
(With Thanks to Ron Dean for sending us this article) He says:
>Have attached a pdf file of the full report. There are a few
>corrections. The correction of interest regarding biodiesel now states
>who and how it was made. That would be soy bio.
>
>Ron
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Charlie O'Dell, Extension Horticulturist Emeritus, Crows Nest Farm U-Pick
Blueberries, Blackberries, Late Summer Primocane Raspberries and Seedless
Grapes plus spring Asparagus, 1859 Brooksfield Road, Blacksburg, VA
24060-0607 Phone 540-552-4322
Luke Scharf
> The new '08 VW Jetta is here with a new ultra clean
> turbo-diesel now, very high fuel mileage reported!
I thought they were coming in the spring or summer? If they're here
now, I'll be taking a test-drive thins weekend! :-)
-Luke
Luke Scharf
I just called a VW dealer in Maryland -- the sales guy said they're
taking orders for the 2008 Jetta TDI, but they won't be delivering any
for a few months. I think he said March/April. The sales guy certainly
was trying encourage me to pre-order one.
-Luke
hallsbburg
has agreement in place with Cummins to develop small diesel engines
for vehicle apps. No news that I know of as to what vehicle it will
go in, but the guess is the 1500 1/2 ton pickup to start with. With
Cummins' legendary reliability, I'm really looking forward to the
engine release. (Clessie Cummins was a primary, if not the, developer
of the modern diesel engine for vehicle appls, at least in North
America, and his work largely triggered the movement to and widespread
acceptance of diesel engine trucks for on-road trucking in the US.)