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04-17-2007, 02:07 AM
But oil industry official cautions about high price to convert refineries away from gasoline production. (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/AUTO01/704170330/1148)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Diesel_ICE.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - April 17, 2007
DETROIT -- Government and auto industry officials expressed optimism Monday about the future of diesel-powered passenger cars and light-trucks, even as an oil industry official raised concerns about the costs of increasing diesel fuel use.
Concerns about energy dependence and global warming have prompted calls in Congress and the White House to reduce the nation's oil use and cut auto emissions. Industry officials see diesel-powered vehicles as part of the solution.
Americans have been reluctant to use diesel-fueled vehicles, in part, because they cost more than those with gasoline engines. But today's diesel-powered vehicles are more fuel efficient and cleaner, officials said.
Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy expressed strong support for boosting diesel use during a panel discussion Monday at the Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 World Congress. The panel was titled "Is Light Duty Diesel Ready for Prime Time?"
Today's diesel engines are getting up to 30 percent better mileage than gasoline engines. And with the EPA mandating ultra-low sulfur diesel, the cleanliness of diesel engines has been improved dramatically.
Improved diesel engines
Christopher Grundler, deputy director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality and head of the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, said today's diesel engines have improved dramatically and are no longer the smelly, noisy engines of the past.
"They are not your father's Oldsmobile anymore," Grunter said, referring to the General Motors Corp. advertising slogan and the bad experience some owners of diesel Oldsmobile’s had in the late 1970s. Diesels then also had trouble starting in cold weather … http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/AUTO01/704170330/1148
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Diesel_ICE.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - April 17, 2007
DETROIT -- Government and auto industry officials expressed optimism Monday about the future of diesel-powered passenger cars and light-trucks, even as an oil industry official raised concerns about the costs of increasing diesel fuel use.
Concerns about energy dependence and global warming have prompted calls in Congress and the White House to reduce the nation's oil use and cut auto emissions. Industry officials see diesel-powered vehicles as part of the solution.
Americans have been reluctant to use diesel-fueled vehicles, in part, because they cost more than those with gasoline engines. But today's diesel-powered vehicles are more fuel efficient and cleaner, officials said.
Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy expressed strong support for boosting diesel use during a panel discussion Monday at the Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 World Congress. The panel was titled "Is Light Duty Diesel Ready for Prime Time?"
Today's diesel engines are getting up to 30 percent better mileage than gasoline engines. And with the EPA mandating ultra-low sulfur diesel, the cleanliness of diesel engines has been improved dramatically.
Improved diesel engines
Christopher Grundler, deputy director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality and head of the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, said today's diesel engines have improved dramatically and are no longer the smelly, noisy engines of the past.
"They are not your father's Oldsmobile anymore," Grunter said, referring to the General Motors Corp. advertising slogan and the bad experience some owners of diesel Oldsmobile’s had in the late 1970s. Diesels then also had trouble starting in cold weather … http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/AUTO01/704170330/1148