[AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?

[Steve W.]

6000 grand from a diesel!!!!
Yeah that ought to last about a year before it grenades. The real reason
the older diesels were such long lasting engines is due to the heavy
parts and the low RPMs, That is the reason why OTR trucks still go 500K
without problems. It is also the reason why the newer diesels are NOT
lasting that long.

Steve W.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?


> I saw Gale Banks on a TV show the other day.  He is experimenting with
the
> Isusu diesel that is in the Chevy DuraMax trucks.  He thinks he can
cut back
> on compression a bit but turn it up to turn 6000 rpms red line, and
make it
> run very efficiently on soy bean oil.
>
> Let's hope he's right.
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <HaliganBar at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?
>
>
> > Regular is $2.43 per gallon here in western Mass. as of this
morning. All
> > of
> > the fuel pumps in the state have signs on them stating that the fuel
> > contains
> > 10% ethanol.
> >
> > I really like the idea of biodiesel and believe that the idea will
become
> > very popular as fuel prices increase. Hybrid vehicles are nice but I
think
> > small
> > diesel technology has huge untapped potential. The VW TDI gets
40-50mpg
> > with
> > no need to ever change out a giant battery or control high voltages.
> >
> > This morning I was watching CNN and they were discussing the
increase in
> > fuel
> > prices. Some of the statistics they quoted were Gas prices of $4/
gallon
> > by
> > next summer and $5/gallon the summer after that. Right now the world
uses
> > 84
> > million barrels of oil per day and the world production is only at
85
> > million/day. In the US our refinerys are operating at 95% of
capacity and
> > it takes 10
> > years to build a refinery(including all the paperwork/studies).
> >
> > What scares me is what will happen to the prices of EVERYTHING when
fuel
> > gets
> > that expensive? You know the increased price of shipping will have
to be
> > passed to the consumer...in addition to the price increase for our
own
> > fuel. I
> > know that there no chance that my salary will increase to keep up
with
> > that sort
> > of inflation. I'm almost positive that I''l be looking for a second
> > part-time
> > job next year as well as a good used motorcycle.
> >
> > Thanks for letting me ramble.
> > Karl
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