pollution w/ diesels??
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Diesels actually pollute the air less than gas engines. The black soot you see pouring from the stack of an 18-wheeler is mostly particulate matter that falls to the ground. Very little of that smoke actually pollutes the atmosphere. The environmental impact of all that soot landing on the topsoil is a matter that the EPA has never really addressed, however.
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Actually, its the particulate emissions that have kept diesels out of lighter trucks. They have tried exhaust "filters" but it is hard to make one that does not need servicing before 100k miles.
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I believe particulates is the reason the freightliner vans haven't appeared yet at least in CA.
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Diesels can pollute as much as gas engines, they just release different exhaust matter. Most of the black smoke you guys are talking about is sulfur, because the diesels we have in this country is low grade high sulfur diesel. If we switched to high grade diesel fuel, we wouldn't have as many pollution problems.
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Originally posted by mattsf250
hmm, i thought they also emitted FAR, FAR mor NOX (oxides of nitrogen) which is the main ingredient in our lovley (red skies) here in cali.....no?
hmm, i thought they also emitted FAR, FAR mor NOX (oxides of nitrogen) which is the main ingredient in our lovley (red skies) here in cali.....no?
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Originally posted by sinjin
I believe particulates is the reason the freightliner vans haven't appeared yet at least in CA.
I believe particulates is the reason the freightliner vans haven't appeared yet at least in CA.