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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 14 April 2008, 00:31:10
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Talking to a mate who decided to get a Merc Diesel and go the Bio-Diesel route.
Anyone on here using it. It's something thats completely over my head, but would be interested to hear member's thoughts.
Also interesting on the Petrol/LPG V Diesel/Bio setup/running costs.
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Well.......i use lpg....and unless you wanna run an omega.....theres not much difference between the fuel costs now and a diesel car......
Ive seen a guy in tescos carpark filling his 4x4 diesel with tesco veg oil.....not sure if he mixes it with 'pump' diesel or adds additives........but the price of that has gone from 70ppl to £1ppl......so thats hardly worth it now.......
Im looking again at changing my omega........and it will be deff back to diesel......my criteria will be.......diesel/auto/estate......and low VED if poss :y
Not sure about bio diesel......but i bet thats top dollar too now as well :-/
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Not something I now anything about, but I seem to recall a thread on here that the pump doesn't like it much :-/
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In the summer months I use a 50/50 mix of Rapeseed oil and Diesel in my wifes Rover 25, in the cooler time of year I put about 15 Litres of Rapeseed oil and then fill with Diesel.
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Well.......i use lpg....and unless you wanna run an omega.....theres not much difference between the fuel costs now and a diesel car......
Ive seen a guy in tescos carpark filling his 4x4 diesel with tesco veg oil.....not sure if he mixes it with 'pump' diesel or adds additives........but the price of that has gone from 70ppl to £1ppl......so thats hardly worth it now.......
Im looking again at changing my omega........and it will be deff back to diesel......my criteria will be.......diesel/auto/estate......and low VED if poss :y
Not sure about bio diesel......but i bet thats top dollar too now as well :-/
Typical, if the Government dont exploit it the bloody supermarlkets do.
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Lots of crops ruined last year - that doesn't help
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Talking to a mate who decided to get a Merc Diesel and go the Bio-Diesel route.
Anyone on here using it. It's something thats completely over my head, but would be interested to hear member's thoughts.
Also interesting on the Petrol/LPG V Diesel/Bio setup/running costs.
4 more posts and another star to the collection lol ;D ;D ;D :y
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Talking to a mate who decided to get a Merc Diesel and go the Bio-Diesel route.
Anyone on here using it. It's something thats completely over my head, but would be interested to hear member's thoughts.
Also interesting on the Petrol/LPG V Diesel/Bio setup/running costs.
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4 more posts and another star to the collection lol ;D ;D ;D :y
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Ahhhh
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Got you.
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Talking to a mate who decided to get a Merc Diesel and go the Bio-Diesel route.
Anyone on here using it. It's something thats completely over my head, but would be interested to hear member's thoughts.
Also interesting on the Petrol/LPG V Diesel/Bio setup/running costs.
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4 more posts and another star to the collection lol ;D ;D ;D :y
Yesterday you said you where collecting stars, i was just reading the post noticed it was you and saw you where 4 posts of 250 which means another star.
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Penny dropped now i see, well it is early ish :y
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:y :y :y [size=16]BinGO[/size] :y :y :y
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Well done, i got a while to go for that yet.
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I wouldn't normally bring up this up, because I know we all want to save money running our cars, but personally I wouldn't touch biofuels with a barge pole. Not for financial reasons but rather for moral reasons.
The greenie left-wing push for biofuels, based on this global warming racket, is wrecking the environment and pushing millions of the world's poor to the brink of starvation. I'm no crusader but I personally wouldn't want to add to the demand for these fuels at present.
Here's a good link to read more:
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/columnists/story.html?id=7ac33c22-ff7f-4108-a61f-a24757c61776
I'm not preaching, just stating a personal view.
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I think biofuels are being pushed in the US mainly because they're nervous about their oil supply in the light of Dubya's disasterous foreign policy. I doubt the environment comes into it.
The last thing we need is deforestation to grow fuel when we aren't even growing enough food globally.
Kevin
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I wouldn't normally bring up this up, because I know we all want to save money running our cars, but personally I wouldn't touch biofuels with a barge pole. Not for financial reasons but rather for moral reasons.
The greenie left-wing push for biofuels, based on this global warming racket, is wrecking the environment and pushing millions of the world's poor to the brink of starvation. I'm no crusader but I personally wouldn't want to add to the demand for these fuels at present.
Here's a good link to read more:
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/columnists/story.html?id=7ac33c22-ff7f-4108-a61f-a24757c61776
I'm not preaching, just stating a personal view.
I agree, but if there was less tax on fuel which would make it more affordable, I would buy it ;)