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Old 04-16-2003, 09:32 PM
psfred psfred is offline
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Kerry:

The costs and benefits are exactly the same as for automobiles. The off-road equipment has not been regulated AT ALL, while emission from automobiles has been since 1962. The EPA just outlawed draft tubes on diesel trucks a couple years ago -- your "friendly" trucking lobby at work.

There is enough off-road equipment out there to have a substantial impact on air quality, believe me!

Fuel consumption and sound level are both very important to Japanese equipment makers -- not only will the Japanese not buy anything but very quiet cars, noise levels are very striclty controlled, else the entire nation would be deaf by now.

Off-road fuel is not regulated for sulfur content, road use fuel is. Ir will have the sulfur content reduced considerably in the near future, too.

Peter
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