fordsooperdooty wrote:
Between 40 and 70% of all vehicles sold in Europe are diesels, in the USA market 2 to 3% of cars are diesel.
Euro diesels are fuel efficient, reliable, quiet and diesel is 33% more efficient than gasoline..which more than offsets the price difference because of an average of 10 miles per gallon more with diesel.
A small drawback is that although diesel has a higher energy output per gallon than gasoline, it takes approximately 25 percent more crude oil to make a gallon of diesel oil than it does to make a gallon of gasoline.
An interesting factoid about Diesel taking 25% more crude to Make a gal of diesel than gasoline. All I have ever been able to find is a barrel (42 gal) makes 20 gallons of gasoline 7 gallons of Diesel and the bal various petroleum products.
