alt.energy.renewable

"Dan Bloomquist" wrote in message
news:XlxCj.6146$7d1.3625@news01.roc.ny...
> GeekBoy wrote:
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:0dc11de8-d8f2-4e94-b631-456b211ec80a@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>> Ethanol has 30% less energy than gasoline. Biodiesel has 7% less
>>> energy than regular diesel. So why are we paying more for an inferior
>>> fuel that gives us worse gas mileage and at the same time speeds
>>> global warming and starves the world?
>>
>>
>> What a crock..dynos show that biodiesel puts out more power at the wheels
>> than diesel does.
>
> Gee, I would think a geek would know the difference between power and
> energy. I also thought geeks did their research. And as there is no cite
> for this dyno-test, who knows if it is true.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_content_of_biofuel
>
> Fuel Type Specific Energy Density
> (MJ/kg) Volumetric Energy Density
> (MJ/L)
>
> Biodiesel 37.8 33.3 – 35.7
> Diesel 48.1 40.3


You can pulll your foot out of your mouth now:

With biodiesel in the news lately, we decided to take a day and fill up the
company truck with biodiesel. There are a lot of theories floating around as
to what biodiesel may or may not do to your engine, so we decided to go get
some B100 (OK, B99) and head out on the road to see what happened. Would the
truck stop? Would it make more power? Would it hurt anything? We were about
to find out.............

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/general/0704dp_living_with_biodiesel/index.html

Or pull head out of ass ;-)