On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Mike Blotz wrote:

> gotta remember rudolf diesel originally designed his motor to run on
> peanut oil. for some strange reason he disappeared on his way to america
> with his invention (think that is right). hmm--almost sounds like some
> kind of oil company/government conspiracy dont it--better shut up now.

If you compare the relative costs of diesel and peanut oil you'll see why
we don't generally run 'em on peanut oil here.  No conspiracy necessary.
;)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon