[pierrem15]

From the story it seems that he made at least some mods so the trucks would still meet EPA requirements as best they could without ruining the engines.

That made a fool of the big manufacturers and endangered their patents and repair profits.

My grandfather made his car and tractors on his farm run on wood gas during WWII.

[rey]

I don’t know that it made fools out of the industry. The industry does what is mandated.

If the government simply said, this is what we want at the tailpipe, do it anyway you see fit, we’d see a lot of innovation.

Instead, the government dictates.