And yes we could make diesel cars that emit very few monitored particulates too.
But diesels still emit unmonitored dangerous stuff (like ozone and brake pad dust) and making normal cars 'clean' means they become more expensive and less user friendly.
The #dieselgate scandal stems from the fact that making a 'clean diesel' affordable and user friendly (e.g. no disposing off the contents of and then refilling your adblue tank all the time) was deemed impossible: 'clean' heavy diesel trucks do not imply 'clean' diesel cars.
But again and above all (and completely ignored in this Dutch newspaper article) 'clean diesel' does nothing at all to reduce global warming. Oh, and electric is cheaper per km.
So I feel sorry for the engineers working on diesel engines but electric is really the future.
And directly after writing this little thread another similar claim pops up in my timeline. This one intentionally misleading (basically lying) because the term 'zero emission' so far always includes CO2 emissions which are not reduced in 'clean' diesels. dieselinformation.aecc.eu/new-diesel-car…
I wonder if someone feels inclined to make a legal matter out of this. I'm pretty sure using the term 'zero emissions' for cars that emit basically the same amount of CO2 would be considered providing unconscionable misleading information by most judges.
I have a love-hate relationship with the @guardian.
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I recently contributed to an impeccably researched series.
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Last year they did a hit piece on EVs, again using the material use angle, that cited figures a 1000x too large!
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Just saw a fascinating webinar and you should too if geothermal interests you.
It explains how techniques from fracking are creating a game-changer in the last few years that can reduce the cost of energy systems without fossil fuels.
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The webinar by prof. Roland Horne from @Stanford is about Enhanced Geothermal Systems or EGS that he defines as using fracking to make the area between the infusion and extraction well permeable for water.
He focuses on @fervoenergy, a company founded by two @Stanford alumni (one from his program) that has for the first time in history used the horizontal boring technique from fracking in geothermal.
This eviscerates the last credibility of @Toyota regarding EVs.
They (esp. Gill Pratt) have been pushing the story we should buy their hybrids instead of full EVs because lithium batteries are and will stay the bottleneck