T&T: Fw: magazine articles (was Diesel fuel)

[Larry N. Brown]

Too many people are sold on hype. If my car runs OK on 87, it will run 
better on 90, hotter on 97 and will achieve low orbit on 115/145 Avgas. This 
is simply not true. If your car engine is designed for 87, you're wasting 
money on any higher octane. If you put 87 in your high performance aircraft, 
you'll smoke the engine.

Cetane rating are analogous to but not the same as octane ratings. The list 
might find these links instructive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetane_rating
http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/ecep/diesel/b/b.htm

Regards.

Larry
Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck
Lying Covington, LA





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ekcine" <ekcine@comcast.net>
To: "trawlers & trawlering" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>; 
"Arild Jensen" <elnav@telus.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: magazine articles (was Diesel fuel)


> Arild
>
> Thanks for the insight into the publishing world.
>
> Steve made a very straightforward claim that higher cetane will result in
> higher performance.
>
> I'm really quite surprised that cetane ratings are not posted on the pumps
> like octane ratings. What's to stop a local diesel retailer from adding
> filler and lowering the cetane to the minimum of about 35?
> With all the regulations on everything we sell, this is curious.
> Am I just supposed to go on blind faith that all is good on the 
> waterfront?
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arild Jensen" <elnav@telus.net>
> To: <Truelove39@aol.com>; <ekcine@comcast.net>
> Cc: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:55 AM
> Subject: magazine articles (was Diesel fuel)
>
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John - Truelove39@aol.com
>>
>>> No, Steve D'Antonio isn't an idiot, but too often  these
>>> "experts," who style themselves thus, fluff up their  articles with 
>>> their
>> own nonsensical
>>> perceptions. >>>>>>>>>>> snip<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>> but when he is done, he will have earned his wages for  several months.
>>
>>> More importantly of course, he will have contributed to the  publication
>> of fatter
>>> magazines filled with ads claiming to fix the problems he  brings to the
>> fore.
>>
>>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> REPLY
>> John is correct about magazine articles.  However writers as such are not
>> paid well.
>> Steve D'Antonio works in the industry and supposedly the articles give 
>> him
>> a
>> higher profile and thus more customers. His day job gives him greater
>> credibility on any topic he writes on.
>>
>> I once aspired to be a "marine writer" for boating magazines and was 
>> doing
>> pretty good until the magazine was taken over by a larger conglomerated
>> and
>> they started to "suggest"  article content and information level.
>> They also told me that my pay from the previous owner was too much and
>> wanted to cut that pay. In exchange I would get more publicity and a web
>> page of my own etc etc.  That was supposed to attract more business to my
>> day job.
>>
>> The bottom line was, the article content would be driven by their
>> advertising department sales and my articles would be the advertorial 
>> meat
>> to entice the reader to take a closer look at the ads which just by
>> coincidene were placed in close proximity to the article.
>>
>> Well I stopped writing because I found the whoel process rather 
>> dishonest.
>>
>> Incidentally haven't you noticed the congruence of topics discussed here
>> on
>> the list and then a few months later - surprise! - Passagemaker has an
>> article on that very topic. Well guess where Passagemeker does their
>> market
>> research on what hot buttons to press with article content.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Arild
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