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Subject:Low Sulfur Diesel was: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
From:Barry E. Muller
Date:Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:22:22 -0500

So what is considered "low sulfur"?  At work we have some diesel generators
that we analyze the fuel in the tanks each month. comes back at the
detection limit of 0.05% S.  Or more to the point, what percentage or ppm S
is in Euro-diesel?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)

> On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Clive Smith wrote:
>
> > RE: European diesel fuel, it is known usually 'low sulphur - is yours
marked
> > similarly at the pumps?
>
> Low sulfur fuel is still rare in the U.S.  The local transit authority
> made a big deal about switching over to low-sulfur fuel for their buses
> recently.  It was their way of trying to gain a little more environmental
> credibility.
>
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