500 ppm diesel still readily available......

greek_philosophizer · 2007-01-25T15:00:37+00:00

Checking out the local gas station as I was filling up since I may geta dieselsoon and they still sell 500 PPM sulpher diesel. What is the point ofmandating80% of diesel production be Ultra Low Sulpher when nobody has to sellit?Also diesel Rams now meet 2010 emission standards but not theSprinters?Seems odd since Sprinter comes from Europe where diesel is big.... Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New 2007 Dodge Ram 2500and 3500 with Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine is first ChryslerGroup BLUETEC vehicle and first to meet stringent 2010 truck emissionsstandards in all 50 states. - 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine achieves 2010 NOx emission standards three years early, making it the cleanest andbest-performing heavy-duty pickup truck in the market - BLUETEC-equipped 2007 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty available in March,starting at $33,650 (includes destination) - 2007 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty is the first Chrysler Group BLUETECvehicle - Breakthrough emissions technology along with the use of Ultra LowSulfur Diesel (ULSD) enables "systems approach" to improve air quality - Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions reduced by as much as 90 percent; particulate emissions virtually eliminated - Diesel engines provide up to 30 percent better fuel economy when compared to equivalent gasoline enginesToday at the Washington (D.C.) Auto Show, the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), together with the Department of Energy (DOE),Chrysler Group and Cummins, recognized the new 2007 Dodge Ram HeavyDuty as the cleanest mass-production diesel-engine pickup truck on themarket.Available in dealerships in March, the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty's 6.7-literCummins turbodiesel engine is the first to meet 2010 truck emissionsstandards in all 50 states, and will be significantly cleaner thanother pickup trucks. It is the first BLUETEC vehicle from the ChryslerGroup."This new technology is a significant validation of industry's abilityto meet EPA's 2010 clean diesel standards. These...

Jan 25, 2007 48 Replies

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Steve 19 years ago

Its spelled Palladium, and the main ingredient in oxidation catcons is platinum anyway. And they haven't used beads in catalysts since 1980.

act as a catylist to convert pollutants to, uh, less

Reduction cats convert nitrogen oxides to nitrogen (N2) and free oxygen (O2). Oxidation catcons convert Carbon Monoxide and un-burned hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water. Oxidation catcons need free oxygen to work, and that's what air injection pumps are for. But with better fuel management systems like we have today, the free oxygen released by the reduction section of the cat is usually enough to fuel the oxidation section of the cat. Kinda neat, that.

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Steve 19 years ago

Yeah, now I'm peeved about cheap "made in China" fluorescent tubes that only last 2 months :-p

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TBone 19 years ago

Make sure it's really the tubes and not a failing ballast.

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David E. Powell 19 years ago

A guy in New Jersey got busted recently. he was running a business and fueling his diesel trucks with Home heating oil. They busted the guy for not paying fuel taxes on Diesel.

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Bill Putney 19 years ago

Hmmm - so when I ran out of heating oil in the middle of the night and got 10 gallons of diesel fuel at the local gas station to get us thru the night and next day, do I get an award? :)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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Steve 19 years ago

Veering way off topic, but since you asked....

I would have suspected that, but its ONLY the chinese tubes in the same fixture with German tubes and its the only chinese tubes in several different fixtures. These are rather expensive aquarium lamps with special spectal characteristics, and the tube vendor (Coralife) switched production from Germany to China some time last year. Its 100% consistent- all the new Chinese tubes are failing early. I'm no longer buying Coralife lamps as a result.

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David E. Powell 19 years ago

LOL. I think they got mad at him because it was over several years and for his business, and because his other job was being a State Trooper. Still, gov't messing with a little diesel/oil either way seems silly.

See if they can get someone to reccomend you for a commendation - is the diesel cleaner burning? ;)

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Steve 19 years ago

Its HIGHWAY taxes, actually.

The same thing happens in farm country. Heaven forbid a farmer get caught with dyed (or not dyed, I forget which) non-highway-taxed "offroad" diesel that goes in his tractors in his Cummins Ram. :-(

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RapidRonnie 19 years ago

Kyoto deals with CO2, greenhouse gas emissions. I don't think it addresses specific vehicle emissons other than that.

It had a smog pump but definitely not a catalytic converter since they were not invented then, and unleaded gas was totally unavailable.

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