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Old 07-31-2005, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by JHZR2
Hi,

I need to do a project for a green engineering class, in which I am going to focus on the diesel trucking industry, with regards to its pollutants, pollution control, future of the process (diesel engine), etc. I can find a lot of things from the EPA saying that diesel exhaust causes lung cancer, but I am having a hard time finding good things about diesel. I know there are a lot of sites out there praising diesel (the warden's article for example is a good one), and also articles arguing the EPAs claim that diesel exhaust is carcinogenic, etc.
I know I used to find a lot of articles liek this, but after searching for a while, I am only finding the bad stuff.
If anyone has any links they can think of or know of off the top of their heads, Id really appreciate having them posted here.
I think I happened upon articles like those which Im looking for previously because I didnt have any real search in mind, so I stumbled on them. Now that I need them, I cant find them, but they would be really useful to get the full story on diesel for my project.
Any help is most appreciated.
Thanks

JMH
One of the things to look for, is a comparison where the emissions are normalised on a "Kg of emissions/Km travelled/Tonne of weight moved" basis.
This will allow vehicles of different size to be compared. Diesels are usually found in larger vehicles due to their higher torque, efficiency and reliability.

IMHO, any comparison of vehicle fuels, which does not normalise the emissions would not be a valid study.

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