Fuel mileage vs pollution
My old B5.9 coupled with my fairly light coach ( no slides ) can get about 11.5 MPG. I have read threads where the newer motors get about 10-15 % less than that. I can imagine that additions of emissi...
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the bear II wrote:My train is much more efficient on fuel than all the trucks that would be needed to carry the same load. Yes, by 2 engine set may be using 400 gallons an hour or so at full load Notch 8 (what you may call Wide Open Throttle), how much fuel would be used in the 100s of trucks carrying the same cargo?
I will stop worrying about carbon emissions when planes, ships and trains get more than a few miles to the gallon. Not to mention gas fired fountains like in Las Vegas. I'm guessing they do a lot more damage to the environment than my once a month weekend trips for a round trip of 400 miles in the RV.
