If the largest propane marketers are up to deceiving Walmart, they are certainly ready to deceive you. We recently heard that Walmart, the retailer with the largest delivery system in the world wanted to save fuel and go "green." The maker of a proven carburetion device, currently in use by many smaller truck fleets, that injects minute quantities of propane into a diesel engine at critical points in the engine cycle, presented its invention to Walmart. The promised results were: 1.) cost savings since the engine would operate with greater efficiency and propane is less costly than diesel fuel, 2.) fuel savings, since the engine would use less of both diesel and propane fuels, and 3.) lower emissions, since the propane injection would combust all of the particles in the diesel fuel, turning almost everything to fuel, so the "dirty" exhaust was almost completely eliminated. Walmart arranged for a test of the system at the Goodyear Proving Ground at Amarillo, TX. Representatives of the maker of the proposed device, representatives of Walmart and the Proving Ground engineers were all present for the test. The propane was supplied by Amerigas. When it was weighed, it was 6.2 lbs./gallon, which meant it was "commercial grade," not HD5, propane. They ran the test. Even with the "commercial grade" propane, the engine burned so clean "you couldn't see the smoke," and its efficiency was greatly improved. 
         Walmart, however, learned that they could get the consistent results they needed, as well as double the fuel savings with HD5 propane. They insisted on a nationwide source for HD5 propane. Heritage Propane (NYSE-ETP/ETE) was approached about HD5 propane. Heritage said they would look into it, and then said it couldn't be done. Walmart, because it could not find a source of HD5 propane, has shelved the program. This program would save money, save fuel and keep greenhouse gasesout the atmosphere. It would be a big, visible step in making Walmart a "green" company. Had Walmart led the way, use of this one technology would save at least 2 million barrels of oil a day in the United States. Yet the propane companies would not let it happen for Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States.
               If those chiefs of the propane industry won't sell HD5 propane to Walmart, what do you think they sell to you?  Coming articles: why the refining industry won't let HD5 propane become the standard fuel for your home heat and cooking and what this means to you; the recognized dangers of "commercial grade" propane and why we know of no other country that lets anything but HD5 be used for home heat and cooking; how the sellers of "commercial grade" propane are making a fortune at your health's expense.