Posted on 12/07/2021 4:56:45 AM PST by BusterDog
Australia is on the brink of a major crisis that could see tens of thousands of vehicles pulled off the road, grocery supplies dwindle and prices skyrocket, with every citizen set to be impacted.
On Friday, news.com.au reported on the urea shortage facing the nation, with experts warning the fiasco would devastate the transport industry within weeks.
But the full extent of the nightmare is becoming clearer, with the shortage set to also affect agriculture, power generation, the trades, healthcare and everyday consumers.
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Gosh it might be.
Also I heard running red diesel is illegal.
Surely that is only a rhetorical question on your part...
That’s a pisser!
Why don't you stop pontificating on a subject you obviously know nothing about? DEF does NOT eliminate particulates in the exhaust; it reduces levels of the various oxides of nitrogen (NOx). In a DEF delete, the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) is not affected.
Close enough.
This spells it out pretty well. Why would you let your industry stop just because of a shortage of urea when you really don’t have to. I remember the old days when the diesel engine smoke was very obnoxious in a closed space, but why would you let the trucking & other industry die because of something like this? Talking about shooting yourself in the foot! Aren’t there enough problems in the world already? I know that running a diesel engine without this fluid is not the ideal, but a whole industry going under isn’t ideal either. All we need now is a shortage of the materials (Catalysts) that make up a catalytic converter for gas engines..and everything stops, I guess. Except the guys still driving the old cars without them.
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