Originally Posted by
genejockey
The point isn't that ONE TRUCK rolling coal, belching out carcinogens is a huge problem by itself. It's that millions of diesel vehicles, and diesel powered... everything belch out carcinogens is a problem. So it's regulated, which requires a punishment for noncompliance - especially WILLFUL noncompliance - or nobody'd follow the regulation.
The non EPA trucks were more efficient as a total package.
I posted about this way up the thread
Wrenched diesels for 10 years.
The "green" movement people fall for is nothing more than a money grab.
The old non EPA busses I worked on would get 10ish mpg sometimes 12
The EPA compliant busses achieved about 6 sometimes 8mpg
Not to mention all the extra pollution added in shipping and manufacter of all the dpf/def components. Think mining platinum is good for the environment?
Think injecting urea into exhaust is good for the environment?
EPA diesels we're about 40% of our fleet and caused about 85% of the breakdowns.
Think the manufacture and shipping of all them extra parts reduces pollution?
Look at the big picture.
All your looking at is 1 tree, not the whole forest