On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >2. Carbon dioxide emissions are 600 grams per mile for the gasoline; > >413 for the diesel. Again, diesel wins. > > very impressive. The advantage for the diesel engine is even far far greater when run on biodiesel. Plus, the strategic and economic advantages of biodiesel. > >Incidentally, the U.S. is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse > >gases. The potential reduction in CO2 emissions through adoption of > >the diesel in passenger cars is staggering for this country. > > Hammering home a good point, if it's entirely true. I wonder why the > Bush Administration hasn't latched on to clean diesel as an issue? He > seems entirely willing to spend political capital on Ethanol, and the > cause of clean diesel doesn't go against Big Oil (despite their carping > about the costs). Bush is willing to spend capital on ethanol? Since when? I suspect that part of the reason big oil doesn't want diesels to see more use are: 1. Higher fuel efficiency, so they wouldn't sell as much fuel. 2. Diesel engines can easily be run on biodiesel. Diesels becoming more common in the US would do a LOT to help out biodiesel get a strong foothold (as it is doing in Europe), and seriously hurt oil companies. > >First, while the industry sits and debates about whether the market > >is ready for diesels, Volkswagen went out and proved it is. > >Volkswagen has offered diesel versions of the Jetta, Golf and Beetle > >in the U.S. Last year, consumers bought them all. Every last one. > >Volkswagen dealers were forced to create waiting lists. When's the > >last time you heard of a waiting list for a car under $25,000? Excellent point. I had to order a VW Jetta TDI wagon because there were none at the dealers, and wait months for it. Not many people are doing that for economy gas cars. Mike ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
