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|    Bob F to The Daring Dufas    |
|    Re: Fuel comparison charts    |
|    29 Jun 13 14:54:02    |
      XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.autos.tech       From: bobnospam@gmail.com              The Daring Dufas wrote:       > On 6/28/2013 9:38 PM, Dean Hoffman > wrote:       >> On 6/28/13 9:32 PM, . wrote:       >>> "Dean Hoffman" <""dh0496\"@win*&dstr$%eam.net"> wrote in message       >>> news:kqlgq8$9je$2@speranza.aioe.org...       >>>> On 6/27/13 9:16 PM, RBM wrote:       >>>>       >>>>> I think this stuff is just the only successful technology       >>>>> currently available that meets the EPA standards for diesels. It       >>>>> doesn't matter who the manufacturer is, all diesel trucks in the       >>>>> U.S. made after 2010 have the same stuff strapped on to them.       >>>>       >>>> This new crap is even showing up on farm equipment and       >>>> irrigation power       >>>> units. It might make sense to limit emissions on city buses, but       >>>> on farm       >>>> equipment?       >>>       >>> It MIGHT make sense to limit emissions on city buses?       >>>       >>>       >> Depends on the trade offs.       >>       >> The U.S. government keeps increasing the fuel mileage standards,       >> for example. Vehicles are being made lighter as a result. How       >> many more people are killed or injured because of that? Suppose we       >> had vehicles sturdily built like the ones from the 50s 60s with       >> modern safety features?       >       > "The Law Of unintended Results" It's what happens when Congress       > designs anything and imposes by law, impossible or insanely difficult       > to implement standards. The "Won't Flush Toilets" were one of plumbing       > fixtures designed by Congress. ^_^              My car is safer, and my toilet works just fine, better than the old one I       replaced. Thank you congress.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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