[Ducati] after walking the dog;

[mark middleton]

  Brad, on the subject of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, I've heard 10 to 15 
percent vegetable oil cures lubricity problems. Also reduces carbon 
emissions and  is just a damn good idea, any experience with this on the 
farm? I'd love to hear some first hand good news.
  Alec,  the container ship that hit the Bay Bridge probably holds a million 
gallons of bunker fuel. We in the tanker business have double hulls, no oil 
is in contact with the outer layer of steel. The same screw up would not 
have spilled anything from our ships. I've spent many days in San Francisco 
and hate to see the ecological damage, I'd love to see double hull 
requirements applied to ships besides just tankers. There is a big 
difference between bunker fuel and crude oil, extract all the lights ends 
i.e. gas, diesel, lighter fluid, high vapor pressure stuff and whats left is 
'asphaltic grades' road tar and the like. 'Bunker c'  'heavy fuel' more 
officially "IFO 380" and below are the fuel of choice, nasty stuff that 
doesn't evaporate. Sorry to see you get a dose of it.

    -Mark-       2000   748
                 (looking for ST3)