Bill Introduced to Promote Clean Diesel in U.S.

[wxman]

www.house.gov



"H. R. 2209

Title: To require that diesel fuel sold in the United States meet specifications designed to facilitate the widespread introduction of clean diesel vehicles in the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] (introduced 5/22/2003) Cosponsors: (none)

Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. "

 

[KatDiesel]

I just briefly browsed it since I am headed to work but I like this:



(2) CETANE NUMBER- A minimum cetane number of 55



Only problem is :

EFFECTIVE DATE- The standards and requirements of this title apply to any motor vehicle diesel fuel produced or imported by any refiner or importer beginning on January 1, 2011.

 

[Diesel Nut]

Sure would be nice to find fuel at the pumps with a Cetane # that high!! I think CA fuel is around 40 - 42, or something like that.

 

[CATCRACKER]

i have read on this board that anything above cetane 50+ does little or nothing

 

[Pit Bull]

aNY TIME THE GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVE IT WILL COST US 2X'S AS MUCH

 

[J DeMaio]

It may help the environment but make it more of a pain for american farmers and other diesel owners. I heard that tractors were going to have catalytic converters and all of the fuel used on farms was going to be low sulfur like what we run over the road. This will make for less power and more injection pumps to go out due to lack of lubrication. They will probably jack fuel prices up for farmers Anyways, a co-worker (we are dairy farmers) read in a magazine that there were going to be stiffer guidlines on offroad machinery to reduce polution, that is what he read they were going to do.



John

 

[illflem]

John, most all farm fuel is already the same low sulfur that the on road rigs use. It not the elimination of the sulfur that causes the problem, it's the process that removes sulfur also removes the lubricity. Refiners figured that one out right away and started adding back lube, low sulfur fuel is no longer a problem. If you want even more lube use a 1% mix of bio-diesel (B-1), it increases lubricity by 60%

 

[Blakers]

I wish they would post the BTU content of the fuel on the pumps, or sell it by the BTU rather than the gallon. Then we would know what we are getting for our buck.



We buy landfill gas at work by BTU rather than standard cubic foot.