Articles from January 2011



How do I prep a diesel truck for long term storage?

The truck in question is a 2000 chevy contractor body with the 6.5 diesel motor. About a month ago I had two seizures and I can’t drive at all now because of the risk of having one behind the wheel is too great. I’m kinda ashamed to admit that I don’t know how to do [...]

About eco-friendly fuel…..?

Would the cars and environment benefit if from now on, all cars used fuel that contained at least 15% ethanol (Bioethanol, unlike petroleum, is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from agricultural feedstocks. It can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane, potato, manioc and corn. Wikipedia)? I’m not [...]

What is the difference between diesel, biodiesel, biofuel and ethanol?

Butamax biobutanol from DuPont

BP and DuPont, who are the partners behind Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, have been developing biobutanol technology, a new kind of biofuel that is said to have many benefits over ethanol