GERARD: This means that these types of fuels are found in the tugs and other ground service equipment. I had heard once that GSE (ground service equipment) contribute a significant amount to the polution found at airports. This might be because there kept running for extended hours. When I worked for AmericaWest in '99, this was often the case. On a hot day, those engines would be like your home oven when your baking a turkey. The fueler would come along, like a bumble bee, and feed each tug with the recommended amount and send along the bill later. I'm curious because my editor, for AIRPORT BUSINESS might like a short piece on the subject. Thanks for your opinions. Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- Gerard M Foley <gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Low sulfur fuels are in general better than high > sulfur ones. > > As I understand it, some crude oils are low sulfur. > some high. I think > the process for removing sulfur during refining is > expensive, but not so > much so as to be economically impractical. The > exhaust from engines > burning high sulfur fuel smells bad, and the sulfur > dioxide is a > harmful air pollutant. In high concentrations there > is no doubt that it > harms people's health. I would guess that is > injurious to high > temperature engines, like jets and turbojets, and I > would expect that > jet fuels are required to have less than some > specified amount of > sulfur. > > Gerry > http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ > http://www.wilowud.net/ > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html > http://foley.foleypages.net/~gerry/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <democrat2n@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: Low Sulpher Fuel > > > > They have had low sulpher diesel in Europe for > years. It doesn't, or > > shouldn't, cost anymore and its strength is that > is has lower sulpher > > concentrations than older diesel forms and hence > lowers particulate > > emission. It doesn't have any particularly > weaknesses other than oil > > companies steadfastly refusing to move their > bloated, lazy, exploitive > > bums and move the formula into the US market. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: yyz_02140@xxxxxxxxx > > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 2:00 PM > > Subject: Low Sulpher Fuel > > > > > > FRIENDS: > > > > Has anyone had any experience with low sulphur > fuel? > > Anyone know of its strengths? Weaknesses? Costs? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike Burris > > Cambridge, Mass > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of > free safety and > > security tools, free access to millions of > high-quality videos from > > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com