Originally posted by cpxxx
On the other hand there is the diesel engine. It pretty much runs on anything. Vegetable oil for one. People have been running diesels on veggie oil for ages. We could grow lots of oil. Countries with lots of good land could get rich growing oil. The power thing would be sorted. Technology always finds a way.
Hmmm this country has lots of fertile land.........
We have discussed about why aren't Americans using more diesel cars earlier in this board.
I'd see growing plants for oil-industry being a good way to secure farmers income in US; especially if bio-diesel will cost less than fuel (be it less taxation for diesel or more for fuel).
Modern turbodiesels are powerful engines with boatloads of torque, Volkswagen's 5 liter (302ci) V-10 TurboDiesel (used in VW Touareg) gives 230kW/308hp@4000rpm and 750Nm/550 lb ft @
2000rpm.