I wanted one of those Lupo's but they don't sell them here, the buggers!
TEMiller

Steven Dodson wrote:

>Thanks Jonathan,
>You took the words out of my mouth.
>What is not shown on this website is that the 2004 model year VW TDI have
>been banned in CA do to this Teir-2 change. These calcs are based on
>petrol-diesel and not biodiesel, which would have substantially less
>emissions. If VW equips their US bound TDI's with the new soot filters
>available in Europe, they will come close to 10 on the list (10 being best),
>burning Petrol-diesel and be available again in CA (California). The oil
>companies are injecting billions of dollars into keeping petroleum powered
>cars on the road.  If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L
>Lupo engine, you'd have a runaway contender for best mileage and emissions.
>The trick here is to run B100. We just need to get off the dinojuice.
>
>-Steven Dodson
>Kneeland, CA
>"Inga" the 87 Syncro
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>----Original message----
>Date:    Wed, 12 May 2004 12:50:46 -0400
>From:    Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
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>looks good and thanks for the post but, i would assume that these studies
>are based on the use of fossil diesel fuel.  my understanding is if you
>run B100 (biodiesel 100%) these numbers come way down in closer standing
>with gasoline burning cars.
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>jonathan
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