http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/610/dirty-driving-top-10-worst-polluters

Damn dirty diesels!

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1993 300E 2.8 185k miles
2006 Mustang Convertible 4.0 Eaton Supercharged

OK, Chemistry and / or physics aren't my strong suit anymore, but something stated in there doesn't quite add up to ME.

Burning one gallon of diesel emits 20 Pounds of CO2, a gallon only weighs 7ish lbs.

Even considering a generous air/fuel mix this seems a bit extreme to me. Particularly considering all the other things that are emitted, NO2, water ....

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KLK, MCSE

1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

Old news/repost.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=227333

Hmmmmmm, it takes two oxygens to burn carbon completely. How could the ratio be 20:1? I mean, carbon is only 16/12 greater mass than Oxygen. It ought to be something like 5:2, right? Somebody's finger is on the scale.

All those diesel owners should trade their environmental deathtraps in on something powered by a nice clean Chevy V8...

The new diesels that this article doesn't mention are many times cleaner than any gasoline engine from a few years ago, and that's by the EPA's own gas-biased pollution scale which doesn't even take into account CO2 emissions. Check it out here:
www.fueleconomy.gov

The fact is, how recently an engine was made makes a much bigger difference in pollution than whether it's a gas or diesel.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Other car makers are ahead of Mercedes Benz.....I want to see you post this on the diesel side and get out alive. O.K. ladies and gentlemen, place your bets....accepting cash, dracma, rubies..

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Will you please at least let me put the lure into the pond before you jump for it?

I was just stating some facts. If you don't like them, that's too bad.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

My engine runs on fish juice and it's filthy.

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-Marty

1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831799&postcount=13
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831807&postcount=14

I love all the facts. I also love the $25 someone now owes my PayPal account in regard to a little bet I had placed regarding who would first respond to my post.

I can't stop laughing!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

you're forgetting the stochiometric ratio. its not just diesel thats being burnt. there is air being burnt as well.
IIRC diesel is 17:1.

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'O=00=O'
bmw 2002.
long live the legend

OK neanderthal, I understand that.

But that would imply 17 Gallons of oxygen, right.
17 Gallons of air doesn't weigh much.

Still don't have 20 lbs in there.


Thanks

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KLK, MCSE

1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

Maybe they're are planning on charging $38.95 for the carbon credits. That would be 20 pounds.

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-Marty

1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831799&postcount=13
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831807&postcount=14