12-04-2008, 06:02 PM
billb wrote:
OK, the exhaust fron a diesel engine smells pristine.
(yeah, right)
But the particulate matter from diesels has brought every major European city back to the pollution levels of a hundred years ago when they burned coal exclusively.
Pick any air quality test site and nitrogen oxides and particulates from diesels are tops on the lists of pollution ingredients.
Diesel Particulate Filters
The new VW uses one, that is one of the reasons it meets Tier 2 bin 5.
Green Car Journal' announces 2009 Green Car of the Year
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10103980-48.html
2009 Green Car Of The Year: The Volkswagen Jetta TDI
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/...r-year.php
The 2009 Jetta TDI is eligible for the $1300 Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle Federal Income Tax Credit.
JJ
P.S. Some European cities have retrofitted their buses with DPFs.