Low sulfur diesel is available right now. What you are probably thinking of
is the blue-tec line of diesel engine cars coming out in model year 08.
Mercedes Benz 220 and VW Jetta, to name a few. What's great about these
engines is more horsepower and torque per liter yet BETTER fuel economy -
the new Jetta will be rated around 45mpg under the new EPA measuring
guidelines which are much more rigid and realistic. Needless to say, Hybrid
manufacturers are shitting themselves over the new measurments. A 35mpg
highway rating for a Prius doesn't sound so attractive anymore.
As far as why diesels for consumers are so rare, you can thank the
antiquated hippy laws in states like California that perhaps at one point
were noble due to diesel fuel being more polluting back in the 1970s.
Newsflash moonbeams, it's now 2007 and standard diesel has come a LONG way
as far as emissions, easily negating the need for these consumer bans.
Biodiesel in fact is more clean burning than gas for every type of emission
save for smog, it is nearly a carbon neutral fuel.
From: JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Evil or....
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:02:56 -0700
Major pet peeve of mine.
There are tons of diesels out there that kick the sh*t outta the hybrids in
mileage and proven longevity, but we are not allowed to buy them here for
some damn reason. Instead, they push these hybrids on us.
Let's see, longer engine life, vastly improved mileage, less parts to
break, and we can't get 'em here. For example, a Tacoma here gets 19-21
mpg, whilst the turbo diesel Tacoma they get in Europe gets some 38-39 mpg,
and has a better engine for a truck anyways.
I know which one I want for my pickup truck.
Supposedly this is all changing soon as the new 2008 no (or low)-sulphur
diesel comes on line, and we should be able to get some nice diesels like
the rest of the world already gets to enjoy..
sigh. Oh well..
>>I also get around 45 - 50 mpg depending on traffic and if the AC is on.
I'm
>>currently looking for a bumper sticker that says "Unlike hybrids, I
actually
>>get 50mpg - what are YOU really doing to support the troops besides
placing
>>an insipid yellow ribbon atop your SUV?", but I'm not having much luck
;)
>>
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