Yes, diesel is a good option - it annoys me that the fuel is so damn
expensive here (Oz) when Rudolph D. designed the engine to run on low grade
fuel - it should be MUCH cheaper.
I'm surprised that (real) gas isn't available widely in the UK considering
the North Sea fields - we have it in Oz, especially Victoria as we are near
the Bass Strait oilfield. Not compressed natural gas but LPG - liquid
petroleum gas which is generally a propane/butane mix I think. It used to
be very seriously cheap (it was cheaper to run my old Range Rover on it
than my wife's Hyundai on petrol) but the recent rises have seen it go to
over half the price of petrol and, as it only yields 70-800f the energy
of petrol, it's no longer a good option. Cleanest fuel around, but!
Andrew
>This cvan't go unchallenged. Diesels do emit largish particulates but pretty
>small numbers of the smaller particulates. Recent research has shown that
>uit is these smaller particulates which less healthy. And it is mostly
>petrol engined cars that emit those. Diesel engines emit virtually no carbon
>monoxide, 30 0.000000e+00ss carbon dioxide than petrol engines and pretty
>similar
>figures for the other pollutants. My Citroen CX Turbo diesel estate
>regularly does 45 miles per British gallon if driven at less than 70mph on
>the motorway, can do 120mph if you required (and miles per gallon never
>drops below 30 unless you're towing a caravan). And its load capacity is
>800kg - 3/4 of a ton.And it is ten years old. It is one of the few cars that
>you can get a full width roll of studio background paper in. More modern
>diesels are even more efficient. Diesels are not a total cure but until
>compressed gas is more widely available in England offer the best
>combination of low pollution and performance.
>
>Hilary Stone
>
>John Hermanson wrote:
>
>> In the future diesel engines will come under heavier scrutiny as some of
>> their emissions are more carcinogenic than dioxin.
>>
>
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