Talking to an Audi rep, and Diesels in the US

[Huw Powell]

> This has more or less been beaten to death. It's a chicken and egg 
> scenario. ... Auto manufacturers will not import the latest gen
> diesel engines to the US because we do not sell the correct fuel for
> the engines. Refineries will not produce the low sulfur fuel because
> there's no market for it. Who goes first?

Well, gee, I guess the government would have to, unless the potential 
importers and potential refiners/suppliers can somehow come up with a 
plan to do it at the same time - say, by setting a target date for a 
given volume of vehicles and relatively matched supply.

Oblique public sector rules could make it happen, too, I guess, for 
instance, clean air rules might provide the impetus for the private 
sector to get there.

It's not quite chicken and egg, because in this case both *can* happen 
at the same time - there just has to be a reason to do so.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

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