[Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 ---( supply shortages --Pump and Run ? )

[LBaird119@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/24/2005 1:00:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
h_hagar at prcn.org writes:

> >she said it needs PREMIUM gas ? is that correct ?---mid-grade is no good 
> ?. That
> >probably saved me about 50 bucks.  ----

  For some it's a matter of trial and error.  Most of the newer cars will 
call for 
premium or mid grade due to compression.  Knock sensors can easily 
compensate for the lower grade gas.  Often though, a loss in mileage will 
accompany the lower grade to the point that it costs as much or more plus 
poor performance with the lower grades.  Don't know until you try though.  
Then there's toluene as an octane booster...

> 
> >Are we in real troubles here ?  --not as long as we have the TAR sands 

  A friend recently saw something about (he called it oil sands) in Canadia
(as my daughter likes to say it).  Program said there's as much or MORE 
crude there than in the Saudi oil fields!  The fortunate fluke is that each 
grain of sand is surrounded by a ring of water, then the oil clings to that.  

It can inexpensively be removed with hot water whereas if the oil was 
directly in contact with the sand it'd not only be economically unfeasable, 
it'd be VERY difficult to do at all.
  Said they just scrape the topsoil, strip out the sand, wash it, put it 
back, 
put the top soil back and revegetate!  :-)
     Loren