Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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RFOneWatt,
This is why I said, "Maybe the new urea-based system on Fords for the 2011 model year will be that but, given Ford's luck with diesel pickups in the past, I wouldn't put much hope in it."
IMO one of the reasons the emissions tests for super-duty pickups focus only on their use in hauling heavy loads at relatively steady speeds for long distances, as opposed to a variety of tests over the range of uses, is politics. Environmental wackos dominate the testing process, and they are plain opposed to the concept of super-duty pickups. They'd much rather we all used Priuses and Segways, and don't give a hoot about actual work.
They currently dominate more of the government than that, but I won't go there to keep the moderators happy.
Getting back to the point, it may well be possible to devise real-world emissions tests for super-duty pickups which will work reasonably well both in terms of controlling emissions over the whole range of uses and not causing significant maintenance issues. I"m not that familiar with the technology.
But I am very familiar with the politics involved, and the people who've control the tests for the past 10-15 years plain won't allow that. We'll have to throw them out and put people in charge who aren't opposed to the concept of motor vehicles.
This is why I said, "Maybe the new urea-based system on Fords for the 2011 model year will be that but, given Ford's luck with diesel pickups in the past, I wouldn't put much hope in it."
IMO one of the reasons the emissions tests for super-duty pickups focus only on their use in hauling heavy loads at relatively steady speeds for long distances, as opposed to a variety of tests over the range of uses, is politics. Environmental wackos dominate the testing process, and they are plain opposed to the concept of super-duty pickups. They'd much rather we all used Priuses and Segways, and don't give a hoot about actual work.
They currently dominate more of the government than that, but I won't go there to keep the moderators happy.
Getting back to the point, it may well be possible to devise real-world emissions tests for super-duty pickups which will work reasonably well both in terms of controlling emissions over the whole range of uses and not causing significant maintenance issues. I"m not that familiar with the technology.
But I am very familiar with the politics involved, and the people who've control the tests for the past 10-15 years plain won't allow that. We'll have to throw them out and put people in charge who aren't opposed to the concept of motor vehicles.
