Diesel engines cause cancer, make people into cannibals, and have destroyed entire galaxies.
Posted on 06/15/2011 6:07:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
That's because state politicians stick it to interstate truckers because they can't vote. Buy a diesel car, pay more taxes.
Around here Diesel runs higher than premium gas...DH has a Duramax diesel (very quiet) you can hear a Ford coming for miles....it’s a pain to plug in(and not forget to unplug it in the morning:>) and I don’t like the smell of it but he needs it for different projects. With the price of fuel he takes the Honda most days.
Semper Fi!..............
Buy a diesel truck, move out of state...................
I just spent almost 3 weeks driving a diesel Opal and a diesel Volvo in France and Spain. Overall the experience was good. However:
1. The fuel stinks and service stations provide disposable gloves to keep it off your hands. They need to factor this into the “greenness” of diesel.
2. The combustion in the engines is still quite noisy and sounds like a dieseling Otto cycle engine. They are nowhere near as quiet as gasoline engines, especially at idle and under load.
3. They are certainly much cleaner and the combustion products do not smell as bad as they used to. But, under heavy load, European diesels still emit some pretty good puffs of soot. Again, not objectionable, but visibly not as clean as gasoline.
Mr. Ciatti’s explanation of glow plugs needs some work. Their purpose is not to warm to fuel to reduce viscosity in cold weather. It is to provide an ignition source when the cold engine block absorbs too much compression heat, thus inhibiting a cold start. I’m sure Mr. Ciatti knows this and this is a problem of the author not getting it right.
Chart for 2011 (wow-look at California diesel tax!)
Diesel engines cause cancer, make people into cannibals, and have destroyed entire galaxies.
As everyone who has replied so far has told you: You are wrong.
Today's deisels, especially WV's...and the like...are not much different than their gas counterparts. You might want to come out of the 70's.
The VW Jetta TDI diesel is very efficient and gets great mileage. It seems that since diesels work well within a narrow rpm range, they could be matched to a generator to power electric motors on the wheels, eliminating the transmission and any need for large, expensive batteries.
Re the stinky fuel, I think they add something in Europe to make it stink...........made in France,.................
Here in Southern California, diesel is 35 to 40 cents higher...so no "myth" around these parts.
I had a diesel Mercedes about 35 years ago and all of those myths, except the last one (fuel cost), were true. Glad that diesels have gotten better........... but I still don’t want one.
Price per gallon is not price per mile. Do the math..............
Let the conspiracy theories begin on why they are not widely available in US passenger cars.
- Their MPG is too high, which will drive down fuel tax revenues.
- They can burn contraband kerosene or even french-fry oil, again depriving the gub-mint of fuel tax revenue.
- They last too long, which is not good for the Democrats’ bosom buddies at GM and Chrysler.
Re:
...Blu-Tek Diesel and produces only Nitrogen and Oxygen.
Where does the carbon go?
Myth # 6: deisel engines don’t burn. Maybe it was just me, but my deisel station wagon caught fire in my driveway and burned — 1984, Fort sam Houston, TX, at the corner of Frazer Road and Rittiman Road in San Antonio
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