Diesel Prices today wtf??? 30c dearer than regular ULP

[Logzy]

diesel is diesel.... as long as I don't put bio diesel....it is no like petrol.

No its not, remember oils aint oils.
I'll only use BP diesel as its currently the only brand with 10ppm sulphur content.
Other brands are 50ppm
The lower the sulphur the better it is for the DPF.

[Greg Roles]

http://www.biofuelsforum.com/using_b..._required.html

I'm getting involved and active on this forum to learn.

Interesting real world take:

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_110008/article.html

[Greg Roles]

Lets hope so.

Is anyone brave enough to run Bio in their PD engine?

I saw a mk1 GLD down the street from me that has the "Runs on BioDiesel" sticker on the back.

You just never know what fools may try!

[smithy010]

Another factor in price is of course the sulfur level..

Since they've all gone to low sulfur fuel, it requires more processing, or choosing the right crude to start with, therefore increasing the price..

[origin]

Hi Logzy,

My passat doesn't have DPF... It doesn't make any different to me...

Is it going void my warranty if I don't use 10ppm??

I don't have sticker on my door tank if I need 10ppm...It said no bio....

No wonder I got a lot of smoke... 50ppm all the time..... Sorry

[Greg Roles]

Well shyte if LOGZY does it......

BP it is!!

( payout disclaimer - already using BP as it is supposedly the highest performing diesel at the moment, and I am after the neddies... )

[Logzy]

Hi Logzy,

My passat doesn't have DPF... It doesn't make any different to me...

Is it going void my warranty if I don't use 10ppm??

I don't have sticker on my door tank if I need 10ppm...It said no bio....

No wonder I got a lot of smoke... 50ppm all the time..... Sorry

All i was saying is Diesel is NOT Diesel and different grades (sulphur content) are available.
For the DPF lower sulphur is better as its the sulphur that produces the majority of the soot in the smoke.

[mr_walker]

Check this link out, and bring up the page for Diesel fuels. And I thought there was only "just diesel".

http://www.caltex.com.au/products_oi....asp?section=1

(I'm limited to Caltex because of my lease Starcard).

[Golf Loon]

In fact, I am rather keen to start a business importing those clever biodiesel units that are popping up all over the UK at the moment Drop your scraps in it everynight, plug it in, and top up your car each morning. About 2000 pounds, which is about a years fuel bill for me.....probably down to 9 months now!

FU to the oil companies indeed!

Do you have a link to one of these?

Couldn`t you import one and get em copied and made here?

[cetane]

According to this morning's ABC News report, the Indonesians are going to be considerably out of pocket when fuel goes up 28.7% to 65 cents a litre....That's right...65 cents! Apparently, the government has been subsiding fuel for years and now intends to "soften the blow" of rising world oil prices by incremental cuts to this subsidy.... Mmmm....If it's going up by 28.7% then it must have been around 46 cents before. Sure, we know that average earnings over there are only a fraction of ours, and there are a lot of very poor people, but to be paying a third of what we do for fuel does make you wonder. Even with our government's excise (around 38 cents) and GST take (around 15 cents) deducted from the price of diesel (here around $1.80) it brings the price of the product to $1.27. That means the Indonesian government is subsidising to the tune of 62 cents a litre after the 28.7% rise. For years Indonesia was a largish oil exporter, but like everywhere else the oil is running out. I wonder if they're restricting oil exports to provide for their own domestic market? Venezuela is doing the same, WA is preserving natural gas for it's own use....maybe Australia should follow suit before we run out of oil altogether.