VW playing tricks with the emissions testing. Maybe this is how they got by without using Urea. The same thing happened to Navistar when they didn't use urea.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/1...s-over-emissions-software.html?_r=0&referrer=
Are there no emissions regs in Europe where they have had decades of experience with diesels?
In reality, we (meaning the whole globe minus China of course) wouldn't be going through this crap if it wasn't for tree huggers and 'climate change....oh, and global warming, none of which I personally ascribe to.
I guess you reap what you sow....
First off. unless you need a heavy duty high torque engine for specialized use (like pulling your tandem axle travel trailer or a gooseneck or you are in business and need a truck for hauling, there is no reason to own a diesel, especially a small displacemennt diesel in a passanger car. There is no logical reason, at all. especially considering the up front cost and the lowered mileage (diesel fuel costs more as well) of a diesxel engine compared to a gasoline engine.
So why do people buy them? Because it's 'cool' to have a diesel car...... thats why.....
Any production diesel below 5 liters, the gasoline counterpart is more efficient, produces more power, costs initially less and the fuel is cheaper, but people aren't rational anyway/.
I chuckled reading the article about France doing away with diesel entirely in their country..... I've never considered Frenchmen to be very intellegent and they are pigs, France is a dirty, littered country (I've been there btw). I wonder how they expect to get their hard goods delivered.... no diesel trucks.... thats laughable. Bicycle basket maybe...lol
In reality, we (meaning the whole globe minus China of course) wouldn't be going through this crap if it wasn't for tree huggers and 'climate change....oh, and global warming, none of which I personally ascribe to.
I guess you reap what you sow....
Hey I think you missed a couple folks.. Might be some remote group somewhere you haven't yet insulted.
Its you life, if you want to live it with your head in the sand..........
As I understand it, this is not about CO2/global warming as much as good old fashioned pollution: soot (C nanoparticles), VOCs and NOx. All of which make smog and ozone and hurt people close to where they are emitted (i.e. 99% in the same country). I think we are all old enough to remember when the US air was in places nearly as dirty as China's is now, and also to know that (courtesy of Nixon and Bush Sr) the Clean Air Act has helped that and saved lives.
Do you personally ascribe to the anti-smog provisions of the Clean Air Act, separate from any current CO2 provisions?
FYI, I have been following your technical info re the diesel tech in the field with great interest.
French/EU ban link: http://www.greencarreports.com/news...els-in-europe-france-to-phase-out-diesel-fuel
Times they are a changing in Europe where the govt has the heath costs of particulate pollution to pay for as well. It looks like what is happening in France could be the beginning of a larger trend. The last French car I leased was a Peugeot 407which had a gas ICE and it was a dream to drive. More recently we rented a diesel BMW Mini Cooper-wagon in Italy. It was right sized for their ancient towns but not so much fun to drive. In particular I didn't like the uneveness of the turbo-boost and choppy freeway ride.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news...esels-actually-not-nearly-as-clean-as-claimed
Given the history of the company, not sure if this is appropriate or inappropriate:
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