Supposedly left leaning sources are talking about big happenings this week... Anyone else hear anything?
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Highway use + commercial taxes, diesel for the most part has always been the commercial fuel, while gasoline is the consumer fuel, for the last few decades the excess of difference in production of cost vs. point of sale is taxation.
Of course that cost is passed on to the consumers covertly, as the market once again balances what the government has stolen off the top.
I've been working on and with diesel engines most of my life, for low RPM high torque application, coupled with durability and efficiency, they are far superior to gasoline motors.
But in high RPM high torque, gas being more volatile is preferred.
However when you start calculating weight to energy ratios, the 2 stroke oil/gas motors for practical application can't be beat.
Hmm I think I see the solution. Abolish taxes.
Quite right. Diesel engines are more efficient than internal combustion engines.
Well partner they're both internal combustion motors. I think your auto correct like mine rewrite posts sometimes (changes enough words to change meaning).
But diesel's are amazing, I've worked as a engineer / motorman offshore on drilling rigs and the stories I could tell you. I think some of the old detroit 71 series are possessed. 471s are screaming little demons you just can't kill, their big brother the 1271s were the backbone of many a old draw work compounds, enough power to pull the Derick down if you're not careful.
And those big old cats seemed to like it slow and easy an ran forever, ideal for SCR generation applications.
But even after my offshore career ended, I jumped in a big truck and ran them roads until the wheels fell off.
And I'm here to say those baby truck diesel motors are little monster's too, just start to get broke in at 100k miles. Not uncommon to see a well cared for one with a few million miles, rather common to see them with at least a couple of million miles.
Marine application with set RPMs can really be dialed in with forced induction for max efficiency, weather your talking turbos or blowers the air/fuel ratio can get ridiculous.
Yea, I'm a fan but I've had some special hotrods in the gasoline version too.