Maybe we will get more diesels...

[Ed Birch]

Roa, Greg did write......

> I didn't hear much about this, so I thought I'd bring it up.

You didn't hear much about it 'cause the Electronic and Print Media
believe's Diesel exhaust fumes will destroy the planet.

> Apparently, last week the federal appeals court upheld the new rules on
> diesel trucks that Christie Whitman and the EPA had enacted.
> In this package, it calls for reducing soot and nitrogen oxides from
> diesel trucks and buses, as well as the big one....  reducing the sulfur
> content of diesel fuel by 97 percent.

Yes, that's the mandated Diesel fuel package that the BIG oil companies are
bitching about!
But, you gotta' look at their side.........why produce a cleaner grade
Diesel fuel for automobiles that squeeze fuel mileage in the 40's, when you
can sell cheap gasoline for the guzzling SUV's most 'mericans love to drive.

> So, if the "too much sulfur in the diesel" excuse goes away, I wonder if
> those of us in the US will start to see more diesel cars from Europe
> than we do now....

I believe that the next round of excuse's will come from the automobile
makers:

(1). Nobody likes Diesels.

(2). Diesels's make too much noise.

(3). Diesel's won't start in cold weather.

(4). Diesel's make too much smoke.

(5). Diesel fuel is too expensive.

(6). It cost too much to crash-test a Diesel powered car for the USA market.


Ed Birch......93-100S.

93 Audi 100S....25MPG
87 BMW K-100RS...49MPG
77 BMW R-75.....50MPG.