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Old 08-19-2007, 10:02 PM
ken1784 ken1784 is offline
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Default Re: VW diesels?

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Originally Posted by mashuzu34 View Post
Correct, which is why I suggested considering a used one.
I personally don't want to drive following a non-clean diesel.
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As to the other emissions, as Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington state once said, "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good". Biodiesel is a big improvement on dino-diesel or regular gasoline, but that's another forum ...
There is a study saying "up to nine times as much carbon dioxide will be emitted using biofuels compared to conventional petrol and diesel because biofuel crops are typically grown on land which is burnt and reclaimed from tropical forests".
http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/press_re...t/biofuels.htm
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BTW Ken, did you hear about my plug-in wannabe site, http://phev.wikispaces.com ?
It includes some bumper stickers in Japanese, 例えば、”大きくなったらプラクイン・ハイブリッドになりたいな!” Please check out the Japanese language products here:
http://www.cafepress.com/pluginwannabe/3506392
Could you possibly help me promote this in Japan?
I'm negative to a plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Our Prius as gas-electric hybrid is already rated very good (104g/km in UK).
A plug-in is usually done at night time and the electric supply is adjusted by a thermal power generation such as oil, coal and gas.
The CO2 emision is not good as current Prius.

Ken@Japan
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