Common rail diesels explained: Professor 'Flub' explains to Tim Findley and his mates at the Yacht Club bar what's behind the enormous leap forward in fuel economy

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What's the technology behind these new fuel frugal engines? Flub, an old live aboard, not noted for washing over frequently, was in philosophical mood. Thing is, the old twerp was a university professor years ago, and actually knows what he is talkingabout in his more lucid moments. Greasy had been banging on about a: the price of petrol to run his car, and b: the price of diesel to run his boat. Why he doesn't include the price of Lion Red is a mystery. He consumes, dollar for dollar, much more ofthe frothy brew than either his car or boat. Flub was explaining that the Great Oil Company Conspiracy - the secret cartel that buys up engines that run on water, wine or cowshed effluent - doesn't exist.