re: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 18:56:27 +0000
>From: "John H. Graham" <jgraham1@erols.com>
>Subject: Re: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion

>Avi Meron wrote:
>>
>> I beg to disagree.....at least somewhat......
>> Regular oil WILL not make any deposits if changed regularly (in normal
>> driving conditions)........
>> Lets also remember that Synth. oil IS ALSO MADE from petroleum stock......so
>> it is "VERY DINO",
>> Avi

>No real synthetic oil is made from petroleum stock.
>Sythetic oil base stock is made from alcohols and acids in a reactor.
>None of it need come from crude oil of any type.
>

But where did those alcohols and acids come from? My synthetic organic
chemistry isn't very up-to-date, but I'll venture that a great amount of
synthetic organics still use fossil feedstocks (crude oil & gas) as a basic
source of raw materials. Of course, maybe the Archer Daniel Midlands Corp.
has changed all that.

I take Avi's point to be that most organic lubricants can lay claim to
having a "Dino" heritage (more likely it's fossil _plants_?). But I don't
think that means they have similar lubricating/wear properties.

Phil

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