Diesel engines power 37% of all new cars sold in Europe - 62% in France. Everywhere, most trips are short trips, including for all those Europeans using diesels. That may have been an issue with much older diesels, but not these days, it's a different and much better beast.
Keith >I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a >diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though >about the praticalities of owning and using a diesel in an urban >environment. > >I wasrecently warned against buying a diesel engine-based >vehicle if the vehicle's primary use is mainly short trips (i.e. in a >city). The main reason given was that diesels are meant to be >driven long distances (i.e highways). To drive a diesel in-town on >short trips, is to basiclly have a vehicle that dies out sooner than >a gasoline powered vehicle. My question is whether accelerated >deterioration would be linked to carbon build-up within typical >diesels (my understanding is that biodiesel eliminates this >build-up) > >Does anyone know or can explain the differences between the >two types of engines and tell me whether there is any merit to >this caveat? Are there any other considerations needed to be >kept in mind when thinking diesel within the urban framework? > >Thanks Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
