You can watch that episode here

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1557903&vid=145471

 

noone saw this in autoweek before this episode?? i guess i'm the only one to read non-diesel magazines anymore haha

 

Even with Custom tuning and bio diesel shouldnt there still be some smoke on launch? If find it hard to believe 800hp and NO smoke?

 

There a lot of 700+ rwhp Common rail diesels that don't smoke. That's the beauty of the common rail system.

 

Yea I understand that. I just find it really really hard to, cuz their should've been just a little on takeoff or on a gear shift or maybe its just me wanting to see an Impala black out the whole lane.

 

I do have to say even though its a Dmax, I am impressed. Its nice to see that the word is out on Diesel power.

 

I'd rather have people not know. Keeps the world of diesel power more impressive.

 

Umm, bio is good. What are you smoking? Those of you against it haven't provided any real, scientific info.

 

I'm not against it. I'd use it. I'm just saying it wouldn't work on a global scale because we wouldn't be able to provide enough (how much soybeans/corn can you grow at a time?). I'm sure there's plenty of articles on google scholar. Here's a few news articles about the environmental damages of biofuels. So as you can see, it's not the "wonder fuel."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5369284.stm

http://carfreeusa.blogspot.com/2007/...restation.html

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37035

I'd hate to live in this world when we run out of fossil fuels. I see no real alternative yet.

 

The first site is about ethanol.
The second site is about dumb countries cutting forests down.
The third site actually mentions biodiesel and ethanol but it's still about other countries deforesting.
Who ever said that earth needs to run 100% on any biofuel? I didn't say that and I haven't heard anyone else say it either thus the argument about there not being enough doesn't mean anything. Just because not everyone can use it does not mean that it should not be produced or used at all. We can be very good at producing biodiesel on a much larger scale and I bet we will be. We aren't going to cut down forests to grow soy beans. We have plenty of open land and we're smarter than that. There’s a still lot of oil left and we're going to keep using it. The price of petroleum fuels is probably going to really go up after world oil production peaks and begins to decline. That should happen in less than a decade. You said you had some articles about environmental damages of biofuels, but you had articles about deforestation, which I know is bad, and not being able to supply the world with biofuels. Biodiesel does much less damage than petroleum-based fuels.

I don't like people misinforming the public like this.

 

I think if the trucking industry, aero industry, military, ran soley on bio fuels that would make a big difference, because they have the resources to do that, the normal public can't go buy a new car just for bio fuel, most the military and trucking already use diesels. Just my thoughts