Re: Marine diesels, turbines, and alternate fuels?

On 16 Jul 2006 21:22:00 -0700, "David E. Powell"
<David_Powell3006@xxxxxxx> wrote:

seems to be fond of would work in one. Then again, Marine turbines
often run on jet fuel, kerosene, which is pretty heavy.

Usually on diesel, which is darned heavy indeed compared to ethanol or
ordinary gasoline/ethanol.

cruise. Not sure if a marine diesel or turbine's fuel system could take
that stuff, or if enough could be collected effectively to fuel a ship
at all.

Navies tend to be very picky about having clean fuel. I can't say for
sure, but I'm guessing anything recycled might have cleanliness or
consistency issues.

So, might either fuel pop up in the future if fuel prices stay around
these levels? The infrastructure investment costs would be pretty big,

None of these alternatives is cheaper than conventional fuels....so,
no.


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