I'm curious about this diesel ban in California I keep reading about on
here. I haven't looked _real_ hard yet, but the only thing I seen thus far
has to with a air-quality authority in SoCal that tried to force owner of
larger fleets (15 or more) to buy alternative fuel vehicles in a regulation
that, by its wording, prohibited diesel engines, etc. The U.S. Supreme Court
recently shot this reg down, saying the air board overstepped their legal
authority/boundaries.
Did I miss something else? I'm curious- I live in SoCal and haven't heard
anything about any diesel ban, and I do crawl out from under my rock once in
a while... : )

Robert
'87 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Dodson" <steven@EPOCHDESIGN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Diesels on NPR this morning

> 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
>
> ----Original message----
> Date:    Wed, 12 May 2004 12:50:46 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
>
> 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.
>
> jonathan