Old Koreelah Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It's been available in Capital Cities for about 4 years, The link is a brochure suggesting it would be available in 100 locations by 2011.http://www.caltex.com.au/Media Items/BioEflex FAQ.pdf The same old problem; people won't switch to a a new fuel source until everyone else has (or at least enough people to support that fuel's wide distribution. 100 locations might allow it to take off with car drivers, but won't help flyers- especially given the reduced range inherent in alcohol fuels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I wonder how 2-stroke oil mixes with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I use Castrol M with Methanol, and that's worked, with good reliability for some years. Not saying M will work with Ethanol, but a possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I use Castrol M with Methanol, and that's worked, with good reliability for some years. Not saying M will work with Ethanol, but a possible. Yes, I used to fly glo-plug motors too. One had to wash them out thoroughly after each flying session to prevent them from gumming-up or corroding, tho that may have been the nitromethane / nitrobenzene. I don't want to try this on a new Rotax 582, without some pretty reliable idea of what it would do. However the greater cooling for the bearings may well be very beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The closer I get to my camp fire, the hotter I get, so.......why is it so, the closer I get to the sun, the colder I get. ( they tell me the sun is one boiling mass of ???, ) The Grand Canyon being perhaps the fartherist point from the sun is perhaps the hottest point on earth. All seems to conflict with my sandfly brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The closer I get to my camp fire, the hotter I get, so.......why is it so, the closer I get to the sun, the colder I get. ( they tell me the sun is one boiling mass of ???, )The Grand Canyon being perhaps the fartherist point from the sun is perhaps the hottest point on earth. All seems to conflict with my sandfly brain. Death Valley is the hottest place on earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It's been available in Capital Cities for about 4 years, The link is a brochure suggesting it would be available in 100 locations by 2011.http://www.caltex.com.au/Media Items/BioEflex FAQ.pdf Interesting, I have never seen the Bio diesel at any Caltex servo, athough I have read about it previously. My local Caltex servo has 3 Diesel bowsers and all 3 are Vortex Diesel. I would mind using bio diesel as long as it is cheaper to buy than Vortex diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The closer I get to my camp fire, the hotter I get, so.......why is it so, the closer I get to the sun, the colder I get. ( they tell me the sun is one boiling mass of ???, )The Grand Canyon being perhaps the fartherist point from the sun is perhaps the hottest point on earth. All seems to conflict with my sandfly brain. The camp fire part is correct as we know, but the atmosphere certainly isn't a gradient, but layers, some of which are extremely cold, and some of which are extremely hot (see link for distances and temperatures.) http://www.weather-climate.org.uk/02.php Before NASA was set up ex Peenemunde rocket specialists under US management, I Think in the US Army discovered this in a test programme where they fired dozens of rockets straight up to the edge of Space, and realised they had to find a way to make long distance rockets (space orbit and beyond) immune to the extremes of metal expansion and contraction on the way up and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Interesting, I have never seen the Bio diesel at any Caltex servo, athough I have read about it previously. My local Caltex servo has 3 Diesel bowsers and all 3 are Vortex Diesel. I would mind using bio diesel as long as it is cheaper to buy than Vortex diesel. B5 and B20 biodiesel is available from Rocklea, (might be available in 200 litre drums). Phone 1300 784 009 to find out if it is suitable for your vehicle. ight work in your Nissan but I'd want to be convinced by Caltex that it would work in a common rail setup (not sure if the truck I saw overheating due to computer confusion was on part biodiesel, or a 100% mix). I'd start by getting the price and unless there was a substantial financial reason for going for it, I wouldn't be a test dummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Death Valley is the hottest place on earth Maybe. Given its location in an advanced country, temperatures in Death Valley have been rigorously measured. For the same reason, it would not be the hottest place for humans: these days anyone passing through would likely be cocooned in air conditioned comfort. There are several locations which are not only arguably hotter, but people live and work there. North-west China's Great Depression, Western Queensland, and worst of all, Ethiopia's Afar Triangle, where poor people live and work in hellish conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 B5 and B20 biodiesel is available from Rocklea, (might be available in 200 litre drums). Phone 1300 784 009 to find out if it is suitable for your vehicle. ight work in your Nissan but I'd want to be convinced by Caltex that it would work in a common rail setup (not sure if the truck I saw overheating due to computer confusion was on part biodiesel, or a 100% mix). I'd start by getting the price and unless there was a substantial financial reason for going for it, I wouldn't be a test dummy. I think it would be fine in my Patrol TD42T, it will run on just about anything being an old school engine. I don't think I would use it in a common rail engine though. My work ute is a V8 cruiser and it does have warnings in the manual about different kinds of diesel fuels. Same as the work Hilux's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Death Valley is the hottest place on earth Waaal . . . the sun is (on average) around 93 million miles away. The difference between the top of Mt. Everest and the Dead Sea is around 30,000 feet, i.e. six miles. So going from the top of Everest to the Dead Sea, changes the distance from the sun by, oh, about 0.000006%. Go figure . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Interesting comment at my local mower repairer's this morning when I was looking at the alternatives to replacing another carby due to permanent gumming up of the fine orifices (out of reach of needles, wires, compressed air etc). He does big volume repairs, has no problems with carburettors from older engines which used Leaded fuel, but those after are usually repairable if left with petrol in the tank for some time due to the ULP additives, so no alternative but to throw away the implement or fit a new carby for an average $100.00. I'm going to have an engine start and fuel tank empty once a month otherwise I might as well just tear up $100 bills; pretty disgraceful attitude on the part of the oil industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Death Valley is the hottest place on earth Obviously haven't been to Asian strip joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I think that's a different kind of heat. Not an area I would claim expert knowledge..Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 No Obviously haven't been to Asian strip joints.[/quoteNope, but I have seen the videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I think that's a different kind of heat. Not an area I would claim expert knowledge..Nev Glad you're back Nev, the forum collapsed while you were away and Jabiru sold out to Americans who are going to make them using South African labour in China if I got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Glad everything is fixed then..I'm still 3000 Kms from home. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffreywh Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 In my experience Asian strip joints are not only very hot ,but dark too, and I thought light was heat, not dark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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winsor68 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/china-add-australia-sized-solar-capacity-in-energy-push.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 http://m.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/china-adds-australianlevels-of-solar-capacity-in-clean-energy-push-20140808-101qe4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 http://www.energybusinessnews.com.au/energy/solar/china-solar-powers-on/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 You must have the wrong China Windsor, it's a polluted shithole that only burns coal here, you only have to check the Internet for verification .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 You must have the wrong China Windsor, it's a polluted shithole that only burns coal here, you only have to check the Internet for verification .... It's a polluted xxxxhole...yep. But it sounds like it is trying to do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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