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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 20, 2008 6:53 am) Tick Tock
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Replying to: hypnosis44 (Dec 21, 2008 4:07 pm)  Have they signed you up to sell carbon credits?
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Local station - Pittsburgh, PA suburbs RUG - $1.759 PUG - $1.999 Diesel - $2.899
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Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 21, 2008 10:03 am) |
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Replying to: altair4 (Dec 21, 2008 5:27 pm) RUG 1.559 Diesel 2.439 All prices are cash. |
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Interesting math problem: what is 33,541 (US market diesel passenger cars) / 250,400,000 (US registered vehicles in 2004) ?  link title .0001339 % !? |
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Replying to: winter2 (Dec 17, 2008 12:36 pm) .. ... Do I have a solution ? Well, several companies are starting to offer retro-fit exchange DPF's. These don't require the individual vehicle to have the proper burn/clean mode. Just unfasten a few stainless steel band clamps (after the red light comes on on the dash), drop the DPF at a dealer and pick up your clean filter. These have been cleaned under a much better controlled procedure in a designed facility. .. ... Beyond that I still have to wonder if we had Aveos, Neon, Foci, Jetta, Camry, Accord size vehicles getting seventy MPG with no DPF and no EGR that had say 90 percent less particulate and seventy percent less NOx than 1990 vehicles with much less carbon output than anything today, brought about about by very sophisticated fuel injection, would we not be better off ??? .. ... I want clean air but the CARB regs today are not for internal combustion engines. My opinion is that it is only possible with a major battery breakthrough and solar/wind recharging.
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Replying to: roland3 (Dec 26, 2008 1:02 pm) here is the eia.gov comic book version (aka, keep the dummies in RUG to PUG) link title |
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is that the tree-huggers look like they're in bed with the oil companies. Some would say that jacking up the U.S. (& Canadian) demand for diesel is a bad thing because there's already plenty of demand for diesel (plus fuel oil & jet A) in the trucking, railroad, marine and airline industries -- gasoline is a waste product from producing the fuel that runs commerce. You can only tweak the percentages of gasoline vs. diesel/kerosine/jet A so much in the refining process. It could be that "Big Oil" isn't interested in increasing demand for practical clean diesel cars in North America. Oh what a tangled web we weave. . . In any event, I'd be driving an A3 or BMW with a 1.9 or 2.0 litre diesel today if I could. Certainly looks like it to me. |
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Beginning January 1, 2011, the Statewide Truck and Bus rule will require truck owners to install diesel exhaust filters on their rigs, with nearly all vehicles upgraded by 2014. Owners must also replace engines older than the 2010 model year according to a staggered implementation schedule that extends from 2012 to 2022. I talked to my nephew yesterday at our annual family get together. Last Summer he was in bad shape as his biggest customer filed for bankruptcy under the load of $5 diesel. Now his business is booming again. He has several full time heavy diesel mechanics working in his shop. Most trucking companies are spending money to keep the old trucks running as long as possible. They are not optimistic about the upcoming regulations. The only chance they have at survival is the fact that most drivers are still Union. They are busy lobbying CA State legislators to pressure CARB on upcoming regulations. According to my nephew the regs are totally unrealistic and will send most of the trucking companies into bankruptcy. He is quite knowledgeable on diesel emissions and says the claims by CARB are based on flawed data. He claims there is no legitimate case of death from diesel emissions. The data is gathered so haphazardly that it is impossible to pin point where the problem lies. He claims we still get a lot of very dirty diesel in spite of the ULSD mandate. So they can put all the expensive emissions devices on a truck and still not get rid of the soot that you see coming from truck exhaust. Add to that all the trucks coming up from Mexico have very little regulation and they can burn the dirtiest of diesel fuel. For those that have experienced the smog in San Bernardino. Ever wonder where it comes from. Two big sources. There is a natural valley that carries the pollution from San Pedro/Long Beach harbor right up to the mountains. San Bernardino is a railroad hub with all those locomotives burning the nastiest diesel you can imagine. Instead of shutting down the shipping and rail industry CARB outlaws selling a diesel Beetle in the state. One equipped with the latest in catalytic converters. A vehicle that uses about half the fossil fuel of a gas Beetle. It also produces about half the CO2. Is there some reason I should not be anti government regulation? |
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