[Vwdiesel] NPR: Carmakers revamp diesels as clean machines

[Kurt Nolte]

Stephen Kraus wrote:
> They also sported a few less than true facts, such as diesel taking 
> more to
> make (my understanding was that it takes less oil to make as diesel is
> almost crude) And diesel can practically run crude oil can they not?

No, they can't. Not our diesels (or any automotive diesel, even the 
fabled Mercedes of old) at any rate. Crude oil is simply too viscous to 
be pushed through our injection systems. Crude can be burned in a diesel 
designed to take it, same as "bunker" oil that heavy ships burn, but 
just any old diesel would choke and die in short order.