I think the bio-diesel is great. A fair number of people around here run them...don't need new diesels...plenty of older Mercedes to retro-fitted. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jonathan Finger" <pianotech at tollidee.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 9/15/2006 2:30:15 PM Subject: Re: Hybrid Honda Accords >I sure do pass a lot of hybrids on the highway in my TDI. I can still >get 50 MPG, and burning biodiesel I burn no fossil fuel, unlike a hybrid >which burns gas - especially on the highway after the power runs out. >No engine modification needed, as the diesel engine is designed to burn >veggie-based oil as fuel. >Low maintenance (diesel means no ignition system) >turbo charged (read:eat my dust hybrid) >supports local farmers (commercial grade biodiesel is made from local >crops like soy). >And I won't be tossing a huge fuel cell into the earth at some point. >www.biodiesel.org >www.tdiclub.com >On a serious note though - there are some really cool hybrids right >now. They are great for you city drivers, and some of them boast some >pretty cool technology. >It's just that being a diesel guy - especially a biodiesel guy - I have >to give the hybrids a hard time. >Diesel has been so poo-poo'd in the U.S., and for no good reason. >Especially biodiesel which is clean burning, and renewable. And I'm not >talking about running a car on left over frenchfry oil. There is THAT >kind of fuel, but that's not biodiesel. I'm talking about a refined >fuel, made from soy, that costs less than petrol based diesel (and could >be a lot cheaper if it were publicized and accepted). >Yet states like CA won't even ALLOW the sales of new diesel cars. >To answer your question: >No, I haven't driven the Accord Hybrid yet. <G> >Jonathan Finger >Tom Servinsky wrote: >> List, >> We are in the market for a car for my wife. Have any of you had any >> problems with the Honda Accord Hybrids? >> >> Tom Servinsky >> >> >>
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