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Subject:Diesel engine conversion questions, ULSD availability
From:Mark Drillock
Date:Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:17:45 -0800

Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel should be the main petro diesel you can get by now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-low_sulfur_diesel

Mark

Sam Walters wrote:

> You also can find the ULSD fuel at some Exxon outlets in MD, maybe
> others also.  I bought a couple of tanks at one Exxon station on the
> route home from my son's school before my 85 Benz got rear ended and put
> out of commission.
>
> I read an article, maybe off of a link posted here, indicating that the
> transition to this fuel was likely to take place long before the
> required date.  The gist of the discussion was about it being too
> expensive to maintain two production and distribution systems and that
> the new fuel would be phased in for most stations and the most populous
> areas of the country quite soon...............
> >