Grit dog wrote:
Lotsa wrong info in this thread. Most of the worlds transoceanic diesels still run off bunker fuel which actually is .5% sulfur/5000ppm. Only around the US is it limited to 1000ppm.
And bunker fuel is still like $1 a gallon but prices are rising with oil prices. It sure ain't sweet crude though.
and more misinformation.... There is category 2 and 3 "marine" fuels, 15ppm (ULSD) became the limit for locomotive and marine use in June 2012.
Category 3 marine fuel went to 1000ppm in 2015, from 10,000ppm in 2010. Canada and the US applied a limit of 1000ppm along their shorelines, that's means any shipping from Canada and/or the US, along with any international marine use fuel a limit of 1000ppm, for category 3 marine fuel.
all arguments aside... we are regardless heading in the right direction in reducing sulphur and sulphur dioxide (acid rain) which is a WIN WIN!
