Comments on: Honda unveils diesel system to rival gasoline cars

By: AB CD

AB CD — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:11:26 +0000

Yeah, but you don’t want people buying this here. You’d rather they buy American, and want to put tariffs on these Hondas.

By: Higghawker

Higghawker — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:27:47 +0000

Has anyone priced a diesel in their area lately? In the midwest dealers are asking $2000 to $4000 over sticker!!

By: jerryg

jerryg — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:11:48 +0000

The fact that audi won Le Man with a diesel is another sign that the performance gap between diesel and petrol is shrinking. Audi’s new diesel saloons also have very good fuel efficency

By: pseudolus

pseudolus — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:56:42 +0000

Ford and GM already make and sell powerful, clean diesels…in EUROPE! But for some reason there is some kind of PRESSURE resisting their introduction here in the states. Curious, no?

Meanwhile, record profits for the past few years continue to pile up in American oil companies coffers, such that, not long ago they were whining that they didn’t know what to do with all the money. Boo hoo.

By: Eideard

Eideard — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:40:28 +0000

There are a few Republicans left. They joined with the Dems and snuck it past Bush while he was in Crawford, joshua.

Besides, it still uses oil. That’s all that really counts in Midland.

By: moss

moss — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:35:07 +0000

Most of the reason for higher prices for diesel throughout the US is a taxation structure based on diesel used for transporting cargo. It would be simple to have an alternate structure or refund system for passenger vehicles. But, that might require an administration that actually gives a crap about ordinary citizens.

By: joshua

joshua — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:34:51 +0000

I think I found a misprint in the article. It has to be a misprint because we all know that the U.S. under Bush
has not done anything for the Enviroment, so surely we can’t be set to have the worlds toughest emission standards next year.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:08:40 +0000

Is it going to melt glaciers, i think thats the big question.

By: art

art — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:39:36 +0000

#10 this is a great idea!!!

By: Abynorml

Abynorml — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:48:06 +0000

Deisel is actually a cheaper fuel to refine than petrol, unfortunetly its expensive in the states currently due to one out of the 3 refinerys being down, the switch over to ultra-low sulfur deisel, winter heating fuel shortages, and simple greed. Fortunetly it seems its finally coming down in price in lots of places, in Vegas I can get it for cheaper than regular unleaded, and biodeisel is steadily becoming commercially available in a mixed form B5, which is 5 percent biodeisel and B20, which is 20 percent biodeisel.

If you havent driven a modern deisel auto, you dont know what your missing, the low end torque is amazing, in my Jetta TDI I average 41mpg highway/city combined, its not the fastest car on the streets but it sure feels nice and responsive, and Im not afraid to pass someone at 80mph

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:38:00 +0000

NOx IS a greenhouse gas by definition. It becomes Smog, ozone, Et Al after reacting with other compounds…

Imagine the mileage and low polution that an engine like this in a hybrid configuration would get!

Tom

By: DavidtheDuke

DavidtheDuke — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:09:29 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc&eurl= This is just as interesting.

By: Smith

Smith — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:56:07 +0000

“Their weakness has been the higher exhaust levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx), a greenhouse gas . . .”

So the reason we worry about NOx emissions is its contribution to global warming?

This goes to show how out-of-wack the whole global warming argument has become. If you can’t link it to global warming, then no one is going to care? NOx is a POLLUTANT. It creates SMOG and OZONE — stuff that, according to the American Lung Association, kills tens-of-thousands every year.

Shish, global warming my ass.

By: Wally the Engineer

Wally the Engineer — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:55:33 +0000

Forget buying Deisel fuel.
convert to BioDiesel and get your fuel for free from your local McDonalds!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:31:51 +0000

I’d buy one in an instant! Once again, why is the use following rather than leading…

Fyi, highway mileage of a diesel is about 30 percent better than an equivalent otto cycle engine, but city mileage can be as much as 100 percent more.

Tom