Ole George takes care of his friends? Finally they are being made to make decent diesel fuel?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2005-01-11-auto-show_x.htm"Diesels
Capable of 20% to 40% better fuel economy than gasoline engines and accounting for about 50% of new vehicle sales in Europe, diesels are about 4% of the U.S. market. Despite improvements, diesel fuel still smells worse than gas, and diesel engines still make a little more noise and smoke a little more than gas engines do.
Now that diesel fuel is more expensive than gasoline, some savings are gone, unlike in Europe, where diesel is cheaper than heavily taxed gasoline.
"There's a hesitancy for North American consumers to buy diesels, but I think you'll see that change" as cleaner, quieter diesels hit the market, says Brian Ambrose, in charge of the automotive practice at consultant KPMG.
That begins in 2006, when tougher pollution regulations take effect. Regulations also require refiners to begin selling cleaner-burning, low-sulfur diesel fuel that year. The concentration of sulfur, poisonous to pollution-scrubbing catalytic converters, drops to 15 parts per million, vs. 500 ppm now.
Finding fuel can be a challenge. Diesel is available at a significant minority of stations but is not as common as gas. "It's a chicken-egg thing: Does the car come first or does the fuel availability?" says Darran Messem, vice president for fuel development at Shell International Petroleum. Shell is developing a super-clean diesel fuel, but it remains too costly for commercial distribution."
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