Diesel as the alternative fuel? Yeah that’s probably true
What am I nuts? Nope, while you might scratch your head at this, read what this C|Net article wraps up with:
With an infrastructure already in place due to commercial trucks never leaving the diesel fold, diesel seems like an obvious solution to help fulfill automakers’ immediate needs–to sell more vehicles while meeting emissions standards and consumer demand to save on fuel.
Today’s diesel engines and diesel fuel itself have come a long way. Advances in turbocharging and fuel injection have boosted performance. New kinds of particle traps and low sulfur diesel fuel have reduced the emissions and soot-producing byproducts. Source: And the winner is…diesel? | Tech news blog – CNET News.com
This is the thing, diesel engines are common. Pumps and tanks are there and if you start cutting the petroleum diesel with biodiesel then you really have something. I’d buy one of the cool little Smart Cars, if they weren’t so dang small! A diesel hybrid would be a really great thing. I think my next car will be a diesel, and here in Victoria biodiesel seems to be becoming more common so, yeah diesel is a good choice for alternative fuel. Engines don’t have to be tweaked, like ethanol or other gasoline alternatives. You don’t have to build a whole new ways to store, transport, or sell it, like hydrogen. And diesel can be “grown”. Let’s get on it then!
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