Date:         Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:11:23 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@likeminds.com>
Subject:      Re: Emissions Comparison: Gas/Diesel

At 09:51 AM 4/22/97 -0500, Robert Crawford wrote:
>        There is no way to compare the two, a diesel does not produce the
>gases that are tested for durring a smog test.  As an added note, coming
>from a family mining background, a diesel can be run in a mine (with a cat
>or water based oil trap on the exaust).  There is no way to ever make a
>gasoline engine clean enough to run in a mine. The positive "enviro" aspects
>of the diesel engine are one of the reasons that I am a diesel nut (I also
>like the way that they sound, they sound like they have a purpose).

Of course, diesels produce more particulates (i.e., soot) than a gasoline
engine.  In the Bay Area, the air-quality folks are starting to look on
particulates as a serious problem.

Coyote
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