Someone alreagy mentioned liquid cooled engines. Take a trip some time
to some remote communities in Ontario, perhaps Fort Hope.

Diesel generated electricity. Remote rads.

Check out their fire hall, radiant floor heat. Take a guess where the
hot water comes from.

Abby Normal wrote:

Diesel generated electricity.

Have you seen the price of diesel? It's about 10% more than gasoline.

In article , Some Guy wrote:

Have you seen the price of diesel? It's about 10% more than gasoline.

Which means it still wins on energy per gallon, as it has almost 50%
more BTUs/gallon. And a diesel generator making 50% power burns pretty
nearly 50% the fuel it does at full power, while a gasoline/NG/propane
unit is considerably worse (fuel/kwh) at partial power (don't have my
manual handy, but fuel consumption at half load is considerably more
than 1/2 fuel consumption at full load).

One can more commonly/easily get off-road (no road tax, cheaper) diesel
than off-road gasoline, at least in the US.

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Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

Some Guy wrote:
Abby Normal wrote:

Diesel generated electricity.

Have you seen the price of diesel? It's about 10% more than gasoline.

Maybe see which fuel gives you more bang for the buck. Don't see
truckers in a big hurry to convert to gas engined powered trucks.

If you're not going down the road, home heating oil should run in diesel
engines. Same stuff, different color, different taxes.

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Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
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In article , Some Guy wrote:

Have you seen the price of diesel? It's about 10% more than gasoline.

Which means it still wins on energy per gallon, as it has almost 50%
more BTUs/gallon. And a diesel generator making 50% power burns pretty
nearly 50% the fuel it does at full power, while a gasoline/NG/propane
unit is considerably worse (fuel/kwh) at partial power (don't have my
manual handy, but fuel consumption at half load is considerably more
than 1/2 fuel consumption at full load).

One can more commonly/easily get off-road (no road tax, cheaper) diesel
than off-road gasoline, at least in the US.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

Some Guy wrote:
Abby Normal wrote:


Diesel generated electricity.


Have you seen the price of diesel? It's about 10% more than gasoline.

But in a cogen arrangement it's quite efficient. HHO and OFF-Road diesel
is about the same price as gasoline. WVO is almost free.

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Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
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