Diesel Brothers

time2roll wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
I also think it is a bit ironic that the government is cracking down on diesel brothers yet Elon Musk can blast all those Kerosene(#1 diesel fuel) rockets in the air each one worth the emissions of hundreds of thousands of these trucks. I guess if you have enough money and lobby the right people, then you have free reign to make your own rules and do as you please.

I am sure the rocket has a catalytic converter and particulate filter ;)

Otherwise how else do commercial and military systems get into orbit?

OTOH those diesels rolling coal have NO PURPOSE WHATSOEVER except to waste fuel, irritate other drivers, pollute, cause traffic hazard.

Someday you will see the difference in having an actual purpose in life vs. just wrecking havoc for fun.

Pathetic and sad.

How else do commercial and military systems get into orbit? By using hydrogen fuel like NASA uses which produces almost no emissions in comparison to the kerosene fueled rockets Elon uses. However, hydrogen fueled rockets cost a lot more so it appears Elon does not want to put his wallet where his mouth is on saving the environment like diesel truck owners have to pay extra for emissions equipment and lower fuel economy. Funny, he will spend the extra coin to emit more on his private jet flights so he does not have to ride on planes that us common folk ride on, but he will not spend it to lower his emissions on his rockets.

I agree in regards to people who roll coal. They are just being immature and wasting fuel. But there is no difference between these guys and the gasser hot rodders who do the same besides the fact that you cannot see the added emissions coming out of their tailpipe. If people could not see these emssions, then I would bet that they would have no problem with them just like they don't with tuned gasers that are emitting more greenhouse gasses than tuned diesels. The NOx and PM that diesels mainly emit are not greenhouse gasses.

Then their is the factor of a person who only owns one deleted diesel that does not roll coal. Why is he seen as the bad guy yet these millionaire movie stars/entertainers/sports players who have multiple vehicles, boats, planes, houses, and so on are adored yet they likely produce way more pollution that he does? Then you have these people who live in population dense areas like southern California. Having such a heavily congested area is very bad for the local environment yet these people will not move from the amenities of the city. It is because of these types of areas that diesel have to have these emissions devices yet I don't live anywhere near a place that populated.