XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: am@yellowjersey.org   
      
   On 2/6/2023 1:50 PM, mike wrote:   
   > Read today that almost all vans and half the cars in Europe   
   > run on diesel.   
   >   
   > The only thing I know about diesel is it stinks and gives me   
   > headaches.   
   >   
   > I get why a huge truck with a heavy load would run on diesel   
   > fuel.   
   > But why would HALF the cars in Europe run on it?   
      
   Higher energy density than gasoline.   
      
   With modern software controlled engines, the old drawbacks   
   (soot, reduced power curve) have been largely mitigated.   
      
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