To: aculeus
having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about diesel
10 posted on
04/19/2006 6:25:58 AM PDT by
ConsentofGoverned
(if a sucker is born every minute, what are the voters?)
To: ConsentofGoverned
having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about dieselEurope is miles ahead of us in clean diesels.
11 posted on
04/19/2006 6:34:50 AM PDT by
aculeus
To: ConsentofGoverned; dhuffman@awod.com
You could be behind my volkswagen and not know it was a diesel if not for my "yes, it's a diesel" license plate frame.
Paging Dr. Huffman, Dr. Huffman, diesel thread.
having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about diesel
28 posted on
04/19/2006 8:05:26 AM PDT by
Salo
To: ConsentofGoverned
having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about diesel Read the article.
34 posted on
04/19/2006 8:25:59 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: ConsentofGoverned
having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about diesel Hello? We're currently using high sulfur diesel fuel, not the clean diesel that can be obtained from coal or crude. That's changing this year, and by October we will be using ultra low sulfur diesel nationwide (<15 ppm sulfur).
This will allow for particulate traps and catalytic converters on diesels.
Besides that, the nastiest pollutants are the ones you can't smell.
63 posted on
04/21/2006 7:03:58 AM PDT by
B Knotts
To: ConsentofGoverned
> having sat behind a diesel bus, there is nothing clean about diesel
Well, the diesel fuels and motors used in typical trucks and buses are generally pretty nasty, especially when operating at non-optimal RPM, i.e. accellerating.
However, a diesel engine burning dimethyl ether - which can be synthesized from coal - at optimal RPM - such as in a properly designed hybrid, produces much less pollution than almost any gasoline engine.
66 posted on
04/21/2006 8:42:48 AM PDT by
Mr170IQ
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