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Originally Posted by slakjaw
I met this one tree hugger that said diesel is worse
"because its uglier"
whatever the fuch that means.
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As an ardent tree-hugger I can assure you that neither side has a corner on irrationality in these matters.
I'd love a diesel - keep looking for that awd 4-cyl turbo diesel to get here and keep getting disappointed. I hear Honda is bringing in a diesel in 2010 and maybe ditto Audi.
There is a diesel engine for light aircraft that reduces fuel consumption from about 9gph to about 3gph (from memory, sorry) and burns Jet-A. Can all diesel engines burn Jet fuel? With that kind of efficiency increase there's a lot of room in the cost per gallon
vs cost per mile equation.
The fuel flexibility of diesel has to be a headache for taxing authorities; diesel is the same stuff as #2 heating oil with the exception of taxes. If I could burn soybean oil - or kerosene, for that matter - in a diesel it would be great for me, but take a bite out of the tax man's purse.