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Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
Posted on 10/15/2010 5:58:34 PM PDT by shove_it
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) today announced that its synthetic RenDiesel® will fuel two Audi A3 TDIs during a four day, 1,000 mile journey beginning October 18th. The Audi A3 TDI® is Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car of the Year®.
The clean diesel journey by Green Car Journal editors and invited VIPs is part of the magazine’s Green Car of the Year Tour™, which this year focuses on the important role advanced clean diesel vehicles play in efficiency and CO2 reduction as well as the importance of sustainable non-petroleum fuels in America’s future.
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The event in Rialto, home to Rentech’s proposed Rialto Renewable Energy Center (Rialto Project), will commemorate the City as “The Chosen City for America’s New Fuels.” The Rialto Project, which is anticipated to create over 1,000 direct and indirect jobs during the construction and operations phases, is designed to produce approximately 640 barrels per day of renewable synthetic fuels, primarily RenDiesel®, and approximately 35 MW of renewable electric power (RenPowerTM) from urban green waste diverted from landfills. Both of these products will have low carbon footprints and help California reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, consistent with the State’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Renewable Portfolio Standard. The project is a candidate for a U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee.
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It would appear free enterprise strikes again :-)
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
640 barrels a day? Subtract the cost of production and the actual value of the diesel per day of that much oil and you might be able to support a couple of families. How much in grants and taxpayer money is going into this as well? I can’t see it as being very profitable considering the outlay it took.
But it’s GREEN TECHNOLOGY!
GREEN JOBS!
GREEN TRUMPS EVERYTHING!!!!!!..................
If the American refiners could produce high quality diesel, then you would not need all the junk that is put on the new diesel cars/trucks as “after treatment” and reduce the cost of the diesel cars/trucks here in the US.
You really shouldn’t post a pic of your house on the net!
That’s not my house but it’s a damn close second...
Europe doesn’t have to meet the US EPA requirements.
BUT THAT WOULD COST UNION JOBS! The more complicated a device is the more people are required to produce it. Get with the program!........../s
Hee hee.
My current project has been doing modifications on a 2009 GMC Sierra w/ Duramax to see how much I can improve the mileage. I started at 14.5MPG when it was stock. I've got it up to a good consistent 21MPG. A few weeks ago, I noticed all the sudden I was getting 23MPG. Now I am back to 21MPG. Nothing in my driving habits changed, weather was consistent, tires same, etc. Had to be the fuel. I am now circling back to all the places I buy fuel to see if I can figure out where I got the fuel. May have been a fluke.
What part of the country are you in?
Where I am in Alaska we have switched to number 1 diesel, it doesn’t have as much power as the #2 and the rpms drop off a little when I drive with it. But thats in my company concrete mixer with a Cummins ISM.
I don’t know what mileage I get, I also drive a Silverado dually but it has the 8.1L gas motor.
I run a VW Jetta TDI and a 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 with an 11’ dump body and I would love to see better fuel in the US. I can always see a slight improvement in milage and performance when I put in a good fuel Cetane additive, but we shouldn’t have to do this.
I was at a seminar for the new Ford 6.7 Powerstroke engine and the Ford master machanic and rep stated that avg Cetane rating in the US is 38 +-2 points. That is terrible and the main reason for these very expense aftertreatment devices we now see.
I use to get a good 20mpg on my old ‘97 Ram 2500 with a 5-speed and 4.10 rearend, and I’m barley getting 12 (on a good day) in my new 4500 ... yeah it weighs 11,000 lbs, but I should be getting about 14-15 with this if there were no aftertreatment devices.
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