What is Common Rail Diesel Technology?

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hindi ba ma-address ng biodiesel yung problema (fuel quality and CRDi clogging problem)?

i chanced upon this article in www.biodiesel.org. i'm not proclaiming that this is the ultimate solution... just sharing what i found to be interesting and related to this discussion...

NBB Welcomes DaimlerChrysler’s B5 Biodiesel-Powered Jeep Liberty in Missouri

DaimlerChrysler hopes to capitalize on the growing interest in biodiesel, along with a trend toward
renewed consumer interest in diesel passenger vehicles, with its introduction of the Jeep® Liberty
Common Rail Diesel (CRD) later this month. Each 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD leaving the factory will be
powered by B5 – a five percent blend of biodiesel. More than 40,000 consumers have already expressed
interest in Jeep Liberty's “clean running diesel.”
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) members, convening for their annual board meeting in St. Louis this
week, were among the first in Missouri to test drive the much-anticipated Jeep Liberty CRD as
DaimlerChrysler hosted a Ride-and-Drive experience at the board meeting. St. Louis area members of
the Biodiesel Backers, an NBB Web club, also attended the event.
The Jeep Liberty diesel, the first diesel-powered mid-size SUV to be offered in the United States, will
achieve approximately 30 percent better fuel efficiency than Liberty's comparable 3.7-liter V-6 gasoline
engine. Diesel engines also reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 20 percent compared with gasoline
engines.
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“With biodiesel, we can increase these benefits even further,” said Chrysler Group President and CEO
Dieter Zetsche. Biodiesel reduces emissions of particulate matter, unburned hydrocarbons and carbon
monoxide compared to petroleum diesel. Biodiesel also significantly reduces emissions of lifecycle
carbon dioxide.