Save Biodiesel!
Target:
Diesel vehicle manufacturers
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2007.5 and newer light duty diesel vehicles are not biodiesel compatible! Problems have occurred in these vehicles using biodiesel in any blend, from B5 to B100. This is shocking news for everyone involved in the biodiesel community, including producers, retailers and their customers, city fleets that use biodiesel, and all diesel drivers in cities that have B5 or B20 mandates. If not addressed, new vehicle incompatibility will increasingly cripple the viability of biodiesel as a cleaner-burning and renewable diesel fuel alternative.
We must tell the vehicle manufacturers: new diesels must be made biodiesel-compatible!
Please visit SaveBiodiesel.org to learn more about this important issue.
This petition will be sent to the following recipients: Volkswagen, GM/Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, Mercedes Benz, Cummins, International, Ford Motor Company, Honda, Subaru. Carbon copies will also be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), who are jointly responsible for setting emissions standards in the United States.
This petition additionally urges the OEMs to not differentiate in their factory warranty policies between ULSD and ASTM-certified biodiesel in any blend.
We must tell the vehicle manufacturers: new diesels must be made biodiesel-compatible!
Please visit SaveBiodiesel.org to learn more about this important issue.
This petition will be sent to the following recipients: Volkswagen, GM/Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, Mercedes Benz, Cummins, International, Ford Motor Company, Honda, Subaru. Carbon copies will also be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), who are jointly responsible for setting emissions standards in the United States.
This petition additionally urges the OEMs to not differentiate in their factory warranty policies between ULSD and ASTM-certified biodiesel in any blend.
2007.5 and newer light duty diesel vehicles are not biodiesel compatible! Problems have occurred in these vehicles using biodiesel in any blend, from B5 to B100. This is shocking news for everyone involved in the biodiesel community, including producers, retailers and their customers, city fleets that use biodiesel, and all diesel drivers in cities that have B5 or B20 mandates. If not addressed, new vehicle incompatibility will increasingly cripple the viability of biodiesel as a cleaner-burning and renewable diesel fuel alternative.
We must tell the vehicle manufacturers: new diesels must be made biodiesel-compatible!
Please visit SaveBiodiesel.org to learn more about this important issue.
This petition will be sent to the following recipients: Volkswagen, GM/Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, Mercedes Benz, Cummins, International, Ford Motor Company, Honda, Subaru. Carbon copies will also be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), who are jointly responsible for setting emissions standards in the United States.
This petition additionally urges the OEMs to not differentiate in their factory warranty policies between ULSD and ASTM-certified biodiesel in any blend.
We must tell the vehicle manufacturers: new diesels must be made biodiesel-compatible!
Please visit SaveBiodiesel.org to learn more about this important issue.
This petition will be sent to the following recipients: Volkswagen, GM/Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, Mercedes Benz, Cummins, International, Ford Motor Company, Honda, Subaru. Carbon copies will also be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), who are jointly responsible for setting emissions standards in the United States.
This petition additionally urges the OEMs to not differentiate in their factory warranty policies between ULSD and ASTM-certified biodiesel in any blend.
We the undersigned believe that it is crucial that all new diesel vehicles sold in North America be compatible with biodiesel in all blends, from B5 to B100. We urge your company to ensure that all new diesel vehicles you sell be fully biodiesel compatible. We further urge that all future factory warranty policies issued for your diesel vehicles do not differentiate between ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and ASTM-certified biodiesel in any blend.
Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning, renewable diesel fuel alternative. Because its emissions are much lower than petroleum diesel, biodiesel blends are increasingly popular worldwide for its environmental and air quality benefits. Biodiesel can be made from a variety of different oil feedstocks, and is a domestic and renewable energy source. It has been shown to reduce long-term engine wear relative to ULSD, due to its superior lubricity. Biodiesel is also safer to handle, store, and transport than petroleum diesel, because it is biodegradable, nontoxic and non-flammable.
Biodiesel blends are now available at retail pumps in almost every state. From 2001 to 2006, biodiesel sales nationally grew from 5 million to 250 million gallons-- nearly 5000% growth in five years. A number of states and cities have already passed biodiesel blend mandates, including Pennyslvania, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. All diesel fleet vehicles in the city of San Francisco use a 20% biodiesel blend. Biodiesel is strongly supported by the Obama administration. The coming years will see more cities and states following suit with biodiesel mandates as part of the solution to concerns about global warming, energy independence, and urban air pollution.
Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine in its base operating mode with no modification necessary, as biodiesel's combustion properties are very similar to conventional diesel. Unfortunately, biodiesel has found to be not compatible with post-combustion injection systems that have been used by most OEMs since 2007 for regeneration of the diesel particulate filter. Because biodiesel has a higher flashpoint than petroleum based diesel, it does not always fully vaporize during this process, and some droplets can remain in the cylinder in liquid form. That unburned fuel adheres to the cylinder walls and makes its way past the piston rings into the crankcase, causing engine oil dilution. This engine oil contamination causes problems in two different ways. First, if too much contamination accumulates in the oil, the crankcase can become overfilled, causing catastrophic engine damage. Secondly, even mild oil dilution may lead to increased engine wear, due to chemical reactions taking place between biodiesel and engine oil additives.
We urge you to make it a priority to use only biodiesel-compatible emissions systems in all of your new diesel vehicles, and if applicable, to find a way to retrofit your existing diesel vehicles with a new DPF-regeneration system that does not use post-combustion injection. Exhaust stream injection is one possible solution that would allow DPF regenration without the risk of engine oil contamination.
Due to the increasing popularity of biodiesel, and biodiesel mandates being legislated around the country, your future diesel vehicle sales depend on your ability to make those vehicles fully biodiesel-compatible.
Again, we urge you to make biodiesel compatibility a top priority in your emissions and injection system designs. Further, we urge your company to not differentiate between biodiesel and ULSD in your factory warranty policies.
Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning, renewable diesel fuel alternative. Because its emissions are much lower than petroleum diesel, biodiesel blends are increasingly popular worldwide for its environmental and air quality benefits. Biodiesel can be made from a variety of different oil feedstocks, and is a domestic and renewable energy source. It has been shown to reduce long-term engine wear relative to ULSD, due to its superior lubricity. Biodiesel is also safer to handle, store, and transport than petroleum diesel, because it is biodegradable, nontoxic and non-flammable.
Biodiesel blends are now available at retail pumps in almost every state. From 2001 to 2006, biodiesel sales nationally grew from 5 million to 250 million gallons-- nearly 5000% growth in five years. A number of states and cities have already passed biodiesel blend mandates, including Pennyslvania, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. All diesel fleet vehicles in the city of San Francisco use a 20% biodiesel blend. Biodiesel is strongly supported by the Obama administration. The coming years will see more cities and states following suit with biodiesel mandates as part of the solution to concerns about global warming, energy independence, and urban air pollution.
Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine in its base operating mode with no modification necessary, as biodiesel's combustion properties are very similar to conventional diesel. Unfortunately, biodiesel has found to be not compatible with post-combustion injection systems that have been used by most OEMs since 2007 for regeneration of the diesel particulate filter. Because biodiesel has a higher flashpoint than petroleum based diesel, it does not always fully vaporize during this process, and some droplets can remain in the cylinder in liquid form. That unburned fuel adheres to the cylinder walls and makes its way past the piston rings into the crankcase, causing engine oil dilution. This engine oil contamination causes problems in two different ways. First, if too much contamination accumulates in the oil, the crankcase can become overfilled, causing catastrophic engine damage. Secondly, even mild oil dilution may lead to increased engine wear, due to chemical reactions taking place between biodiesel and engine oil additives.
We urge you to make it a priority to use only biodiesel-compatible emissions systems in all of your new diesel vehicles, and if applicable, to find a way to retrofit your existing diesel vehicles with a new DPF-regeneration system that does not use post-combustion injection. Exhaust stream injection is one possible solution that would allow DPF regenration without the risk of engine oil contamination.
Due to the increasing popularity of biodiesel, and biodiesel mandates being legislated around the country, your future diesel vehicle sales depend on your ability to make those vehicles fully biodiesel-compatible.
Again, we urge you to make biodiesel compatibility a top priority in your emissions and injection system designs. Further, we urge your company to not differentiate between biodiesel and ULSD in your factory warranty policies.
We signed the "Save Biodiesel!" petition!
# 1,069:
6:19 am PST, Nov 7,
William Francis, Texas
Please create a standard which will allow the users of BioDiesel to continue using it in new Diesel vehicles. BioDiesel can be part of the overall solution to our energy needs and global warming. Supporting business is important, but not at the cost of a clean environment and overall quality of life for ours and generations to come. We can support both if given the chance.
Please create a standard which will allow the users of BioDiesel to continue using it in new Diesel vehicles. BioDiesel can be part of the overall solution to our energy needs and global warming. Supporting business is important, but not at the cost of a clean environment and overall quality of life for ours and generations to come. We can support both if given the chance.
# 1,068:
4:42 am PST, Nov 7,
P Padilla, California
# 1,067:
1:39 pm PST, Nov 3,
R NELSON, California
KEEP VEHICLE'S BIODIESEL COMPATIBLE.
KEEP VEHICLE'S BIODIESEL COMPATIBLE.
# 1,066:
8:23 am PST, Nov 2,
Kevin Laskowski, Michigan
# 1,065:
10:57 am PDT, Oct 31,
Dexter Louie, North Carolina
The planet needs to switch to using a greater percentage of sustainable fuels. Don't be an impediment to this goal.
The planet needs to switch to using a greater percentage of sustainable fuels. Don't be an impediment to this goal.
# 1,064:
6:06 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 1,063:
7:49 am PDT, Oct 30,
Anyssa Amaro, Canada
# 1,062:
6:16 pm PDT, Oct 29,
Faby Angy, Canada
Faby Angy
Faby Angy
# 1,061:
3:58 pm PDT, Oct 29,
Skyler Stevens, Texas
# 1,060:
7:35 pm PDT, Oct 26,
Jennifer Cambra, California
Biodiesel, it turns a problematic waste into a fabulous fuel! Do you really want to tell people it's not worth it to recycle?
Biodiesel, it turns a problematic waste into a fabulous fuel! Do you really want to tell people it's not worth it to recycle?
# 1,059:
2:13 am PDT, Oct 26,
Name not displayed, California
# 1,058:
12:11 pm PDT, Oct 25,
Name not displayed, California
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 1,057:
9:30 pm PDT, Oct 24,
Daniel Shafer, Oregon
High blends of biodiesel are good for clean air, good for the local economy, good for national security. Please require new vehicle manufacturer's to use particulate filter systems that are compatible with high blends of biodiesel.
High blends of biodiesel are good for clean air, good for the local economy, good for national security. Please require new vehicle manufacturer's to use particulate filter systems that are compatible with high blends of biodiesel.
# 1,056:
7:11 pm PDT, Oct 24,
Timothy Maas, Minnesota
Thank you for your consideration. I have been looking forward to the next generation of diesel vehicles available in the U.S. for years, hopeful that the first factory-new vehicle I own will support biodiesel, or biodiesel blends at a minimum. I had hoped it would be my opportunity to support the developing market for domestically-produced fuels and the related infrastructure. Let me emphasize that I would see little reason to buy a new vehicle which is fueled exclusively by petroleum products. Again, thank you for your time and consideration.
Thank you for your consideration. I have been looking forward to the next generation of diesel vehicles available in the U.S. for years, hopeful that the first factory-new vehicle I own will support biodiesel, or biodiesel blends at a minimum. I had hoped it would be my opportunity to support the developing market for domestically-produced fuels and the related infrastructure. Let me emphasize that I would see little reason to buy a new vehicle which is fueled exclusively by petroleum products. Again, thank you for your time and consideration.
# 1,055:
9:06 am PDT, Oct 24,
Derek J Bucheit, Texas
Biodiesel is much more environmentally friendly than regular diesel and our government's short-sighted environmental policies are killing the very industry that will help clean up the environment and bring our country closer to energy sustainability.
Biodiesel is much more environmentally friendly than regular diesel and our government's short-sighted environmental policies are killing the very industry that will help clean up the environment and bring our country closer to energy sustainability.
# 1,054:
8:46 am PDT, Oct 24,
Lea Klug, New Hampshire
# 1,053:
7:18 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Philip Neustrom, California
# 1,052:
8:51 am PDT, Oct 23,
Warren Wagner, California
I am involved in the distribution of biodiesel in Los Angeles. My new company is appalled at this reality, and wants to see change. We are investing, so should the car companies........
I am involved in the distribution of biodiesel in Los Angeles. My new company is appalled at this reality, and wants to see change. We are investing, so should the car companies........
# 1,051:
9:10 pm PDT, Oct 22,
Wayne Elson, Washington
I have been look forward to the newest model diesels using biodiesel. It is bitterly disappointing that they are incompatible with this clean burning renewable fuel.
I have been look forward to the newest model diesels using biodiesel. It is bitterly disappointing that they are incompatible with this clean burning renewable fuel.
# 1,050:
8:26 pm PDT, Oct 22,
Roger Thoms, California
I urge all manufactures to make all diesel engines biodiesel compatible. Biodiesel is an important part of becoming energy independent. Sincerely, Roger Thoms
I urge all manufactures to make all diesel engines biodiesel compatible. Biodiesel is an important part of becoming energy independent. Sincerely, Roger Thoms
# 1,049:
3:14 pm PDT, Oct 22,
Phil Maki, California
Modern diesels must be compatible with modern fuel!
Modern diesels must be compatible with modern fuel!
# 1,048:
11:32 am PDT, Oct 22,
Christopher Pine, California
Beyond light trucks and personal autos, incompatibility has a huge ripple effect on local economies. Here in LA, the huge air quality impact of the ports and drayage trucks cannot be left to LNG and electric vehicles alone. The social and economic costs to hundreds of truckers are enormous. Biodiesel could play a key role in stablizing and improving the situation -- if compatible post-combustion technologies are used. Similar issues arise for municipal and local school district fleet fuel users, which can ill afford the capital costs of replacing their entire vehicle fleets and backshops, when simply using compatible biodiesel could be far more cost-effective and timely.
Beyond light trucks and personal autos, incompatibility has a huge ripple effect on local economies. Here in LA, the huge air quality impact of the ports and drayage trucks cannot be left to LNG and electric vehicles alone. The social and economic costs to hundreds of truckers are enormous. Biodiesel could play a key role in stablizing and improving the situation -- if compatible post-combustion technologies are used. Similar issues arise for municipal and local school district fleet fuel users, which can ill afford the capital costs of replacing their entire vehicle fleets and backshops, when simply using compatible biodiesel could be far more cost-effective and timely.
# 1,047:
8:59 am PDT, Oct 22,
Max Becher, Florida
# 1,046:
9:16 pm PDT, Oct 21,
Kevin Monahan, Washington
I want to purchase a new automobile that can run on biodiesel. Please manufacture them so US citizens can have high MPG and low emissions without the need for a battery (hybrid).
I want to purchase a new automobile that can run on biodiesel. Please manufacture them so US citizens can have high MPG and low emissions without the need for a battery (hybrid).
# 1,045:
9:05 am PDT, Oct 19,
David Booth, California
I have been using biodiesel, sometimes blends and usually B100, as a viable alternative fuel in various vehicles, a tractor, and small diesel excavator for several years. It makes no sense to me that our regulatory agencies are thwarting the growing movement toward developing genuine altenatives to nonrenewable fossil fuels. All the biodiesel we use is produced from waste vegetable oil and animal fats sourced locally. Some day in the near future oil from algae may also be an option of a bio-oil source that could also be used to fuel our vehicles. Alternative approaches to clean up particulate emissions exist, so we must demand OEM to use them if they wish to sell new vehicles!
I have been using biodiesel, sometimes blends and usually B100, as a viable alternative fuel in various vehicles, a tractor, and small diesel excavator for several years. It makes no sense to me that our regulatory agencies are thwarting the growing movement toward developing genuine altenatives to nonrenewable fossil fuels. All the biodiesel we use is produced from waste vegetable oil and animal fats sourced locally. Some day in the near future oil from algae may also be an option of a bio-oil source that could also be used to fuel our vehicles. Alternative approaches to clean up particulate emissions exist, so we must demand OEM to use them if they wish to sell new vehicles!
# 1,044:
10:00 am PDT, Oct 18,
John Manning, Arizona
Currently run B100 in 87 MB300D. No black smoke! Would like to buy the new 2010 VW. Won't buy if not biodiesel compatible
Currently run B100 in 87 MB300D. No black smoke! Would like to buy the new 2010 VW. Won't buy if not biodiesel compatible
# 1,043:
9:10 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Jim Westlake, Washington
I have pledged to my son that my next car will run on at least B20 Biodiesel (under warranty). Until then I will just sit on the sidelines and wait.
I have pledged to my son that my next car will run on at least B20 Biodiesel (under warranty). Until then I will just sit on the sidelines and wait.
# 1,042:
10:55 am PDT, Oct 16,
Michael Butterworth, California
# 1,041:
11:00 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Eric Johnston, California
I have 100,000 miles trouble free biodiesel miles on my 2003 VW's...please help make our future biodiesel friendly!
I have 100,000 miles trouble free biodiesel miles on my 2003 VW's...please help make our future biodiesel friendly!
# 1,040:
6:33 am PDT, Oct 14,
David Newcomer, Pennsylvania
To Whom It May Concern, this is outrageous that the manufacturers of diesel engines would start producing a product that is incompatible with any form of biodiesel. Why would any of these companies (more than likely it revolves around them trying to find the best way to make more money) start doing this and again limiting the consumer on what they want to put in their gas tank? This must stop immediately so that entrepreneur's like myself can make a living buying and selling a product like biodiesel to customers that want to help their environment as much as we do.
To Whom It May Concern, this is outrageous that the manufacturers of diesel engines would start producing a product that is incompatible with any form of biodiesel. Why would any of these companies (more than likely it revolves around them trying to find the best way to make more money) start doing this and again limiting the consumer on what they want to put in their gas tank? This must stop immediately so that entrepreneur's like myself can make a living buying and selling a product like biodiesel to customers that want to help their environment as much as we do.
# 1,039:
11:13 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sabrina Ossiander, Nevada
This is very surprising news to me that newer diesel cars are NOT biodiesel compatible. I would prefer a diesel vehicle ONLY because then I can use biodiesel in that car!
This is very surprising news to me that newer diesel cars are NOT biodiesel compatible. I would prefer a diesel vehicle ONLY because then I can use biodiesel in that car!
# 1,038:
7:13 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Andrew Harrison, Oregon
We need to push for national legislation in congress to insure that all new diesel vehicles sold in the US is engineered to use high grades of bio diesel including B100. I was lied to by a dealer and I'm stuck a 2009 Jetta TDI. Any buyers out there?
We need to push for national legislation in congress to insure that all new diesel vehicles sold in the US is engineered to use high grades of bio diesel including B100. I was lied to by a dealer and I'm stuck a 2009 Jetta TDI. Any buyers out there?
# 1,037:
10:50 am PDT, Oct 12,
Justin Brzozowske, Texas
# 1,036:
10:39 am PDT, Oct 11,
David Maltz, California
Biodiesel is an important part of my family's commitment to reducing our impact on the planet. Please work to preserve this option for future generations!
Biodiesel is an important part of my family's commitment to reducing our impact on the planet. Please work to preserve this option for future generations!
# 1,035:
8:23 am PDT, Oct 11,
Aaron Fleming, Texas
# 1,034:
7:22 am PDT, Oct 11,
Name not displayed, Illinois
After seeing FUEL documentary film, I'm seriously considering to buy new diesel car.. I will not buy a car which is not biodiesel ready! The same will apply to my family members.
After seeing FUEL documentary film, I'm seriously considering to buy new diesel car.. I will not buy a car which is not biodiesel ready! The same will apply to my family members.
# 1,033:
5:44 pm PDT, Oct 10,
Christopher Bright, Virginia
It is incumbent upon our government, which claims to be in support of President Obama's mandate on cleaner fuels, to keep biodiesel viable as an alternative, renewable fuel. To do less, and thus lose a precious piece of the energy puzzle before us, would be utterly irresponsible. As the owner of Bright Biofuels, a promoter of clean-burning biodiesel and vegetable oil systems in automobiles, my dream of a world free of the perils of fossil fuels will languish without your action to pressure auto manufacturers to develop a technology for emmissions improvements that allows the use of 100% biodiesel. Do the right thing--save biodiesel.
It is incumbent upon our government, which claims to be in support of President Obama's mandate on cleaner fuels, to keep biodiesel viable as an alternative, renewable fuel. To do less, and thus lose a precious piece of the energy puzzle before us, would be utterly irresponsible. As the owner of Bright Biofuels, a promoter of clean-burning biodiesel and vegetable oil systems in automobiles, my dream of a world free of the perils of fossil fuels will languish without your action to pressure auto manufacturers to develop a technology for emmissions improvements that allows the use of 100% biodiesel. Do the right thing--save biodiesel.
# 1,032:
8:10 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Thomas Moran, California
Save Biodiesel!
Save Biodiesel!
# 1,031:
4:29 pm PDT, Oct 9,
David Slater, Maryland
I will not buy a vehicle that cannot run on biodiesel!!
I will not buy a vehicle that cannot run on biodiesel!!
# 1,030:
12:59 pm PDT, Oct 8,
Name not displayed, California
Please help keep biodiesel a viable option!
Please help keep biodiesel a viable option!
# 1,029:
9:40 am PDT, Oct 7,
Jack Baur, California
As a nation -- and as a world -- we need to be thinking about ways to increase the alternatives to fossil fuels, NOT decrease them. Biodiesel has proved to be a clean and viable solution to the at least some of our energy needs, creating local jobs to serve local needs. Please don't neuter this burgeoning industry!
As a nation -- and as a world -- we need to be thinking about ways to increase the alternatives to fossil fuels, NOT decrease them. Biodiesel has proved to be a clean and viable solution to the at least some of our energy needs, creating local jobs to serve local needs. Please don't neuter this burgeoning industry!
# 1,028:
9:17 am PDT, Oct 7,
Erin Machell, California
The beauty of biodiesel is that existing cars can already run on it, and when biodiesel is produced from the right stocks ie, used vegetable oil or algae, that don't compete with the food system, they truly represent a revolutionary way to drastically reduce net carbon output into the environment. There are currently many bright people around the country working on innovative alternative energy ideas, including ways to mass produce responsible kinds of biodiesel. Such mass production isn't available yet, but instead small entrepreneurs and innovators sell biodiesel in small batches, allowing small but significant numbers of diesel drivers to, again, significantly reduce their carbon emissions from driving. In so many ways, biodiesel is a truly promising technology for reducing auto emissions in the future (there's even research on making bio-jet fuel!). Yet if the automobiles themselves are unable to run biodiesel, because of one or two new innovations that are not biodiesel-compatible, this totally undermines the future of this fuel in a way that I can only call short-sighted and silly, and perhaps stupid as well. The irony that the incompatible parts are specifically geared toward lowering emissions and particulates, which biodiesel *already does* is absurd. Please take the simple step of insuring that all new diesel technology is biodiesel compatible. Diesels from pre-2007 already were (I know, I drive one!), and there is no reason not to keep up this state of affairs.
The beauty of biodiesel is that existing cars can already run on it, and when biodiesel is produced from the right stocks ie, used vegetable oil or algae, that don't compete with the food system, they truly represent a revolutionary way to drastically reduce net carbon output into the environment. There are currently many bright people around the country working on innovative alternative energy ideas, including ways to mass produce responsible kinds of biodiesel. Such mass production isn't available yet, but instead small entrepreneurs and innovators sell biodiesel in small batches, allowing small but significant numbers of diesel drivers to, again, significantly reduce their carbon emissions from driving. In so many ways, biodiesel is a truly promising technology for reducing auto emissions in the future (there's even research on making bio-jet fuel!). Yet if the automobiles themselves are unable to run biodiesel, because of one or two new innovations that are not biodiesel-compatible, this totally undermines the future of this fuel in a way that I can only call short-sighted and silly, and perhaps stupid as well. The irony that the incompatible parts are specifically geared toward lowering emissions and particulates, which biodiesel *already does* is absurd. Please take the simple step of insuring that all new diesel technology is biodiesel compatible. Diesels from pre-2007 already were (I know, I drive one!), and there is no reason not to keep up this state of affairs.
# 1,027:
11:06 pm PDT, Oct 2,
David McNall, California
I just purchased a new 09 Dodge Ram 3500 and want to run at least B20 in it.
I just purchased a new 09 Dodge Ram 3500 and want to run at least B20 in it.
# 1,026:
10:58 am PDT, Oct 1,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 1,025:
5:57 pm PDT, Sep 30,
Scott Stoller, California
Hi, I am looking into purchasing a new car, and would like to continue using biodiesel, as it is the only fully domestic fuel source for my car. However it seems that the newer engines are not compatible. Though I would like to help spur the economy w/ a new car purchase, looks like that will not happen for a while...
Hi, I am looking into purchasing a new car, and would like to continue using biodiesel, as it is the only fully domestic fuel source for my car. However it seems that the newer engines are not compatible. Though I would like to help spur the economy w/ a new car purchase, looks like that will not happen for a while...
# 1,024:
1:31 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 1,023:
12:24 pm PDT, Sep 28,
David Cooper, California
# 1,022:
7:46 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Curtis Tillman, South Carolina
# 1,021:
1:09 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Stephen Sarafin, South Carolina
Biodiesel is a very important product that will help us to eliminate dependency on foreign oil. Manufacturers should ensure that all diesel engines are compatible with B100, and stop playing games. Automobiles of any size can get 50 miles plus per gallon, and we should have those available as well.
Biodiesel is a very important product that will help us to eliminate dependency on foreign oil. Manufacturers should ensure that all diesel engines are compatible with B100, and stop playing games. Automobiles of any size can get 50 miles plus per gallon, and we should have those available as well.
# 1,020:
8:01 am PDT, Sep 27,
Joe Snodgrass, Florida
Joe Snodgrass
Joe Snodgrass
# 1,019:
10:58 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Lester Mooney, California
# 1,018:
6:19 am PDT, Sep 25,
Arnold Garlick, Virginia
I am a 2003 VW TDI owner and will NOT buy a diesel vehicle that cannot run on B100.
I am a 2003 VW TDI owner and will NOT buy a diesel vehicle that cannot run on B100.
# 1,017:
6:16 am PDT, Sep 25,
Thomas OFarrell, North Carolina
I would like to think that companies will do what they say and address our environment and energy solutions by embracing sustainable technologies that will protect our environment and the future of our planet. Rudolph Diesel intended his first engine to run on biodiesel and Henry Ford was forced to accept petroleum based fuels. Help to save our family farm and put money in the hands of those who are the predominant buyers of your products, not petroleum industry record profits and overseas interests. We and our children will embrace you for it.
I would like to think that companies will do what they say and address our environment and energy solutions by embracing sustainable technologies that will protect our environment and the future of our planet. Rudolph Diesel intended his first engine to run on biodiesel and Henry Ford was forced to accept petroleum based fuels. Help to save our family farm and put money in the hands of those who are the predominant buyers of your products, not petroleum industry record profits and overseas interests. We and our children will embrace you for it.
# 1,016:
2:32 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Ashley Newman, Washington
Biodiesel is the future, duh! Stop trying to avoid or delay it!
Biodiesel is the future, duh! Stop trying to avoid or delay it!
# 1,015:
12:51 pm PDT, Sep 23,
Bryan Griest, California
# 1,014:
12:01 am PDT, Sep 23,
Andrew Baker, Georgia
Please create a standard which will allow those who care to continue using BioDiesel in new Diesel vehicles. BioDiesel can be part of the overall solution to global warming. Do the right thing and engineer diesel engines which can run B100.
Please create a standard which will allow those who care to continue using BioDiesel in new Diesel vehicles. BioDiesel can be part of the overall solution to global warming. Do the right thing and engineer diesel engines which can run B100.
# 1,013:
8:29 pm PDT, Sep 22,
John Fortuin, Georgia
Unfortunately, I am not surprised by the auto industry's lack of consideration for the environment, nor for any other interest in the common good or meeting customer's desires. The industry fought seat belts, airbags, and mileage standards. Based on this history, biodiesel compatibility must be fought with legislation, because if regulation is the goal, the industry lobbyists already own the playing field.
Unfortunately, I am not surprised by the auto industry's lack of consideration for the environment, nor for any other interest in the common good or meeting customer's desires. The industry fought seat belts, airbags, and mileage standards. Based on this history, biodiesel compatibility must be fought with legislation, because if regulation is the goal, the industry lobbyists already own the playing field.
# 1,012:
6:10 pm PDT, Sep 22,
Paul Davis, Florida
This is a highly ironic situation, given that B99 biodiesel cars (at least those cars can still run it) can pass the californian emissions test. I was intending to update my 2005 VW TDI jetta with the new one but this was a deal breaker. So much for a cash-for-clunkers program, I was going to do my bit to help stimulate the economy.......
This is a highly ironic situation, given that B99 biodiesel cars (at least those cars can still run it) can pass the californian emissions test. I was intending to update my 2005 VW TDI jetta with the new one but this was a deal breaker. So much for a cash-for-clunkers program, I was going to do my bit to help stimulate the economy.......
# 1,011:
11:09 am PDT, Sep 22,
Name not displayed, Nevada
I personally don't feel that biodiesel is the answer to this countrys alledged oil problems. Drilling for our own oil is the answer:ANWR; shale from Utah, Colorado and Wyoming as well as the Dakota's etc. But the claims that biodiesel provides better lubrication for the fuel pumps and injectors has me sold (thanks in part to CARB requiering low sulphur which provided the lubrication). I have an 03 Jetta that I have run B5 to B99 in regularly since I got the car used in 06 and I get the fuel from a LOCAL company that collects used cooking oil and blends it into biodiesel. I'm supporting a LOCAL business and helping to get this country off its foreign dependance. Whats more American? New engines must be compatable with biodiesel in any blend. As I and many others have stated, this will save some AMERICAN jobs!!
I personally don't feel that biodiesel is the answer to this countrys alledged oil problems. Drilling for our own oil is the answer:ANWR; shale from Utah, Colorado and Wyoming as well as the Dakota's etc. But the claims that biodiesel provides better lubrication for the fuel pumps and injectors has me sold (thanks in part to CARB requiering low sulphur which provided the lubrication). I have an 03 Jetta that I have run B5 to B99 in regularly since I got the car used in 06 and I get the fuel from a LOCAL company that collects used cooking oil and blends it into biodiesel. I'm supporting a LOCAL business and helping to get this country off its foreign dependance. Whats more American? New engines must be compatable with biodiesel in any blend. As I and many others have stated, this will save some AMERICAN jobs!!
# 1,010:
12:31 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Name not displayed, California
Take the responsible step of making your diesels compatible with biodiesel!
Take the responsible step of making your diesels compatible with biodiesel!
# 1,009:
8:48 am PDT, Sep 21,
Paul Wattis, California
So this is typical. The industry makes it so cars and trucks can't run biofuels only because they don't have a cut in the process. I cant believe Im even saying this. Im a republican - but Biodiesel is the most American thing a person can use. Maybe we can plant a little more soybean and make it mandatory that trucks and industry use biofuels? Just a thought.
So this is typical. The industry makes it so cars and trucks can't run biofuels only because they don't have a cut in the process. I cant believe Im even saying this. Im a republican - but Biodiesel is the most American thing a person can use. Maybe we can plant a little more soybean and make it mandatory that trucks and industry use biofuels? Just a thought.
# 1,008:
4:04 am PDT, Sep 21,
David Dalmas, California
Run biodiesel and we wont need a DPF!
Run biodiesel and we wont need a DPF!
# 1,007:
1:16 am PDT, Sep 20,
Wilson Chau, California
# 1,006:
12:55 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Donald Lindsay, Florida
Please require manufacturers that use the DPF to ensure it functions on all fuel that meets ASTM specifications. Otherwise if fuel is being squirted into the exhaust it is not environentally sound technology. Please require OEM to endorse waranties for cars that use ASTM specification fuel.
Please require manufacturers that use the DPF to ensure it functions on all fuel that meets ASTM specifications. Otherwise if fuel is being squirted into the exhaust it is not environentally sound technology. Please require OEM to endorse waranties for cars that use ASTM specification fuel.
# 1,005:
9:19 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Lori Squillace, California
Biodiesel is ONE of the many alternatives we need to petroleum. Do not cut off the possibility of recycling old veggie oil. It just makes sense to recycle anything we can.
Biodiesel is ONE of the many alternatives we need to petroleum. Do not cut off the possibility of recycling old veggie oil. It just makes sense to recycle anything we can.
# 1,004:
7:22 am PDT, Sep 18,
John Wilhelm, California
# 1,003:
9:08 am PDT, Sep 17,
Joseph Seidell, California
we need to do something better for the earth then burn petrol diesel please change the oems to work with biodiesel
we need to do something better for the earth then burn petrol diesel please change the oems to work with biodiesel
# 1,002:
6:41 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Michael Stewart, California
I bought myself a 2003 VW Jetta because of the compatability issues of the newer diesels. I want my next car to be a new one, so please fix this bug!! Thanks- Michael
I bought myself a 2003 VW Jetta because of the compatability issues of the newer diesels. I want my next car to be a new one, so please fix this bug!! Thanks- Michael
# 1,001:
8:12 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Steve Burmeister, Minnesota
I want a new Mahindra when they become available in the next year. PLEASE be sure to forward this petition to Mahindra & Mahindra, Mumbai, India, manufacturers of several revolutionary, very promising new diesel vehicles to be available in the U.S. in the next year or so. They need to be on board! Also, to congressman James Oberstar, D-MN, chair of the House Transportation Committee.
I want a new Mahindra when they become available in the next year. PLEASE be sure to forward this petition to Mahindra & Mahindra, Mumbai, India, manufacturers of several revolutionary, very promising new diesel vehicles to be available in the U.S. in the next year or so. They need to be on board! Also, to congressman James Oberstar, D-MN, chair of the House Transportation Committee.
