How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel?

   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel?
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#31  
Our Impala's max torque occurs at 5300rpm.

You’d have to have the engine with a diesel like power band. Having to re design the equipment for a higher RPM engine would take away whatever cost advantage they might have had.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel? #32  
Don't dismiss STEAM power!
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel? #33  
Don't dismiss STEAM power!

Yes! With steam power I only need water I can collect from the downspouts and the same fuel I use for the house...FIREWOOD! The heater adjustment is how close you sit next to the firebox.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel?
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#34  
Yes! With steam power I only need water I can collect from the downspouts and the same fuel I use for the house...FIREWOOD! The heater adjustment is how close you sit next to the firebox.

Those old steam tractors produce enormous heat. I can’t imagine having to work one of those in the summer.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel? #35  
Well, different engines that can run on biofuel in the simplest form might become popular again.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel? #36  
But it's DRY heat! lol Actually, the Radiator in my non A/C Kubota cab is inside the cab, and I figured (espcially since I HATE heat) that it would be unbearable in the summer, but it's not. On the flipside, the doors hardly get closed in the winter. Only if a wind is coming through, and then sometimes only one.

I was serious about the merits of steam. You enjoy the electricity you have, mostly by virtue of Steam.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel?
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#37  
But it's DRY heat! lol Actually, the Radiator in my non A/C Kubota cab is inside the cab, and I figured (espcially since I HATE heat) that it would be unbearable in the summer, but it's not.

I call those green houses on wheels. I’d never buy a cab machine without ac.
 
   / How much would a good gasoline motor cost compared to a diesel? #38  
I have my trusty bus driver fan! lol In and out of AC on a hot day, can make you very sick! Fine, if you are staying in the cab.
 

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