Depends on how you define pollution. Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions are a problem with biodiesel and diesel in general. NOx is a major cause of smog, so it's a problem. Diesel engine technology keeps improving the pollution problem, but yeah, gas engines are cleaner in that respect.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Dec 01, 2008 12:05:57 pm PST #3869 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Gudanov - Dec 01, 2008 12:12:12 pm PST #3870 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
I hope your MiL recovers well Cash.
Glamcookie - Dec 01, 2008 12:13:39 pm PST #3871 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
~ma to your MiL and family, Cash.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 12:14:53 pm PST #3872 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of new diesel cars: A High-Mileage Masterpiece
But like many new clean diesels, which meet even California’s tough emissions rules, the Jetta scoffs at its sticker. Hoarding fuel like a mobile Scrooge, I averaged a remarkable 48 m.p.g. over more than 150 miles of freeway driving. That’s the best mileage of any American-market car I’ve tested — gas, diesel or hybrid. I never knew that driving a steady 60 m.p.h. could be so gratifying, and I vowed to try it more often.
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Among a wave of diesel cars and trucks — whose advanced emissions systems let them meet pollution rules in all 50 states -- the Jetta is the people’s choice, costing half as much as diesels from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. The VW is also the current champion of diesel economy. And its 4-cylinder engine achieves impressively low emissions without the need to carry several gallons of liquid urea, which helps to cleanse the emissions of larger diesel cars and S.U.V.’s.
Lee - Dec 01, 2008 12:15:47 pm PST #3873 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Health-ma to your MIL, Cashmere.
Barb - Dec 01, 2008 12:16:05 pm PST #3874 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
~ma for your MiL, Cash.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 12:19:10 pm PST #3875 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Health~ma for your MIL, Cash.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 12:22:13 pm PST #3876 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sheryl - Dec 01, 2008 12:27:35 pm PST #3877 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Healthma to your MIL, Cash.
Ginger - Dec 01, 2008 12:33:47 pm PST #3878 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Speaking of new diesel cars: A High-Mileage Masterpiece
My '79 diesel Rabbit got 50-55 MPG.