Motor oil
For 20 years, Safety-Kleen has produced recycled motor oils for large commercial fleets and the federal government by re-refining used oil the company collects from car dealerships and quick lube facilities. Now consumers can buy the company's recycled oil, under the brand name EcoPower.
Black ban?
California is moving to improve vehicle fuel efficiency, but regulating car paint isn't in its plans "at this time," says the California Air Resources Board. A controversy was fueled by reports that regulators were considering a ban on black cars. They say black absorbs sunlight, heating up automobile interiors and requiring greater use of air-conditioning systems which then sap horsepower and use more gasoline.
Fat tires
The U.S. Department of Energy says wide single truck tires cut fuel costs by 6 to 10 percent over duals on heavy trucks. The report, released in March, studied six instrumented tractors and 10 trailers over the course of four years.
--NWautos staff, Wheelbase Communications
3 Comments
By nick on June 2, 2009 8:09 AM
I have used safety kleen and quit and went to synthetic oil in heavy duty diesel engine fleet almost doubled my reliability the quality of safety kleens oil was very poor. I had oil testing labs refuse to test samples of oil straight from the drum because of visible contaminants. don't buy the green hype.
By jason on June 8, 2009 6:29 PM
I have used Safety Kleen's recycled oil for the last 7 years with very good results. Their oil exceeds the API specs that the convential oil brands are tested against plus you get the "green" benefit of a recycled product.
NICK-Labs make money by performing analytical services....why would they refuse to perform the service based on a visual inspection? I have worked with several of the top labs over the years and can tell you they will test anything you send them. Your statement doesnt hold water.
By OilGuy on January 15, 2010 12:00 PM
Why would you pay the same dollar amount for recycled oil then to buy a name brand top quality oil? Lets see they don't have to spend billions of dollars to find and get it out of the ground but yet they want the same per gallon as you can buy Valvoline or Castrol for and the later both have superior additive packages. Buying the Chevron brand oil is a much better quality oil and is $1.50 a quart cheaper! Someone is getting rich around here selling the green hype! Price your recycled oil at below $2.00 a gallon or burn it off is what I say!