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Efficient Diesel Motorcycle Created

By On June 23, 2005 · 3 Comments

Star Twin, a company in Holland, has designed and built a motorcycle with a turbocharged, direct injection diesel engine. There’s potential for biodiesel here, and reportedly the bike gets 150MPG. It’s called the “Thunder Star 1200 TDI Sportbike”. KneeSlider tells us that Star Twin started [...]

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“Biodiesel”: Book Review

By On February 24, 2005 · 4 Comments

Greg Pahl has just released a new book about Biodiesel. Pahl is the author of the informative book Natural Home Heating, which we featured previously.

We like biodiesel because it a renewable fuel that can replace conventional diesel worldwide without the need for massive infrastructure change.

Here [...]

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(Bio)Diesel Vehicles

By On July 30, 2004 · 3 Comments

Diesel vehicles are meta-efficient when run with Biodiesel fuel.

Some cars are listed as "TDIs", meaning they have a Turbo-Charge
Direct Injection Engine — these cars can also be run on Biodiesel.

Diesel engines are fuel-efficient, for example VW
Jetta TDIs get around 47 mpg. Earlier diesel cars, produced [...]

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