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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Diesel efficiency
Message-ID: <308@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 16:21:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 16:21:41 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 29-Mar-85 00:48:08 EST
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The CAT Factory
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Summary: 

In article <209@cbuxc.UUCP> gmv@cbuxc.UUCP (Mike Vrbanac) writes:
>The reason diesels get approximately one-third better milage than their
>gasoline counterparts is because the energy content (BTU's) of diesel
>fuel is about one-third more than gasoline.

Diesels also use a much higher compression ratio than gasoline engines  (on
the order of 20:1 or more vs. ~10:1 for gasoline) which makes for much more
efficient use of the energy in the fuel.

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