had a diesel rental car in Ireland in June. got 50-51 mpg. it was about the size of a Chrysler 200. had plenty of pep but with only 2 people. 5 would have been a challenge anyway... that same car in the us wouldn't have gotten better than 40-45ish due to our emissions rules. seems like high emmissions control = lower mileage = more fuel burned = more pollution... same thing with burning NG instead of coal.. takes more NG btu input to get the same power out.. (NG has too much water in it... naturally)
many of them also heat the houses with fuel oil = diesel with no emissions control. yeah, alot of us do here too (less after fuel oil hit $4) many also heat their houses with coal too. as we all know "coal is bad" (extreme sarcasm here)
They (EU) will cut corners when possible... i work for Europeans.... so any loop holes in these international agreements they will take. (no offense intended to our EU farm friends)
its all power and money.. the lawless epa is just another power tool. makes you wonder what the real, sinister, long term plan is...
and on a brighter note one of the country's largest county fairs (Elkhart county IN) is going on this week.. lots of smog polluting antique tractors running around..:)
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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