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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.

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Diesel generated electricity.


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

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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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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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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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