Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:19:43 GMT From: devil <devilnopsamlobal.net> Subject: Re: New diesel engine
Andrew Stephenson wrote: > > In article <ON5MgWCRAHA.319nopsamnbbsa09> > pbflorancenopsaml.msn.com "pbflorance" writes: > > > Trucks and buses will run on natural gas. It's already happening here in > > Los Angeles. Diesel rules are being tightened as the fumes are lethal due > > to that other gases and partical matter. During the recent bus strike in > > LA, it was wonderful. No diesel fumes. No rumbling buses. No clouds of > > smoke. Diesel doesn't sell over here too well. > > In the UK a few buses and lorries have been running on vegetable > oils for years: rape seed oil for public buses in towns such as > Reading; and recently there was news of a successful project to > refine used, dirty, vegetable oils (from the firm of Sharwoods, > famous for Indian foods) into fuel (with three of Shardwoods' own > lorries running on the result). Leaving a smell of Indian food behind? :-)