SAAB Bi-Power

in article snipped-for-privacy@individual.net, Dave Hinz at snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net wrote on 07/10/2005 22:17:

Now I get you ... Nope!

There is one Eduardo Grey T16S (Aero) sporting the tattoo, too!

Shame I'm a rear wheel hand-braker :(

I don't know, I just drive the "other" car on the long runs ;) I have heard of some 9000 turbo's being converted but don't know what's involved, I think you'd need to speak to a good LPG installer first.

What frustrates me with any of these fuels is that there's simply no government incentive to make it happen. Petrol is taxed so highly that they rather like the revenue from squeezing the motorist so much so that if they said "right that's it, no more petrol, lets have something environmentally friendly!", they'd still have to tax it the same otherwise the UK economy would collapse.

I just can't see any great momentum to switch, they'd rather have us all on buses and trains (so they make out) which works for those that live close to train stations and do a daily commute but just doesn't work for those that have variable journeys due to the extortionate ticket pricing.

Anyway, that's a whole new rant! :)

David.

Exactly. This is not only true for the UK but also for NL. Politicians are all a bunch of hypocrites, not to mention the oil industry lobby. If politicians really care about the environment they should ban diesel outright, put a high(er) tax on petrol and subsidise use of LPG.

Is your thinking about banning diesel based on the particulates they make ?

I've heard that bio-diesel is much better in this regard too.

Graham

Yes, specially in urban areas. (Sulphur in diesel fuel is a problem too.)

Yes, about 65% reduction of particulates, but it produces more nitrogen oxides (NOx), which can be cured with a catalytic converter, but Diesel engines usualy do not have a cc because of the high sulphur content (which makes a cc useless).

The 'best' fuel (relatively, of course) is hydrogen and oxygen, but LPG is environmentally friendly as well.

To get some more SAAB content; my '79 96 runs both on LPG and petrol. I once did a test with a portable GC on its exhaust, running on LPG and then running on petrol, see