OK.....here is my rather simple observation. Some people can put holes in it and feel free to do so, as maybe I will learn something. I think perhaps we are on the wrong track in dealing with emissions. for rough figuring let's say I put 20,000 miles a year on my truck. (may not next year @ 5 dollar fuel) My 95 dodge averaged about 18 miles per gallon and my present 04 averages about 12 (but the air is cleaner....)Do the math and I now use 555 gallons more a year of fuel doing the same miles I was doing before. I don't know what that translates to in extra gallons used in the US but it is a big number. Now let's ad the extra chemistry in todays fuel.....$$$..Clean? So, the way I see it is that I am distributing this extra 555 gallons of high chemistry diesel into the atmosphere and on the road. I realize that there was a point that as a nation we had to set some guidelines but it seems to me that it may be time to revisit those guidelines. I have a feeling that if we could use our technocracy to get the absolute most BTUs to the road we would pollute less and use less fuel. It would require a huge change in direction but I would imagine my P/U could be designed to get substantially better mileage than it does. Take that mileage to 40 mpg on my truck and I would be using almost 500 gallons less/year than I was 15 years ago. I do not claim to have lots of facts here but what I have presented is a reasonable scenario. A final note is that this will probably not happen as the powers that be are too entrenched to even look at the idea. OK, Have at me! Andy
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