By: Jens Lipponer

Jens Lipponer — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:46:12 +0000

It seems the days of the smokey diesel are gone with all the new requirements set upon manufacturers. I can’t understand why diesel had such a bad reputation in the first place. Sure there is a lot more particle emission but in reality diesel is cleaner than petrol will ever be because petrol contains more poisonous chemicals, especially now with no lead in the fuel. That is something you don’t hear much about.
When I look at hybrid cars I think to myself why they use a small petrol engine and not a diesel wich would use even less fuel and produce more power an torque. And also when the time comes that an alternative fuel based on vegetable oils is comercially produced then a hybrid car would become viable and not just a gimmick. (I read somewhere about an MAN truck tested on canola oil which ran for 1 million KM’s in Germany perfectly)
Fixing the car problem is easy. As I said there is a solution to the clean fuel problem but it comes down to the profit margin of the big oil companies and also the arse kissing government departments who only look after themselves instead of doing the right thing

By: Mercedes Parts Blog

Mercedes Parts Blog — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:55:53 +0000

I applaud Mercedes for leading clean diesel technology and promoting its benefits with its four cyclinder diesel Mercedes engine parts over competing technologies such as gasoline hybrids. Especially when many manufacturers claimed that the new emissions standards couldn’t be reached with a diesel or wasn’t economical to do so.

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