Moving away from TT/TV.

[Bill in Pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by GeorgeR

Is this really chicken and the egg dilemma or profit for the oil companies? The pollution control blame is marketed as the common wisdom of "everybody knows" or "people say" if you want to use a very sophisticated journalistic lingo.

".........Several years and at least two Chrysler corporate owners ago, I spoke with a Chrysler powertrain executive who told me that the main obstacle hindering broader use of diesel in the United States was oil refiners, not pollution controls........”

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George.

I wonder what criteria this powertrain executive based this theory upon. Since it requires more oil to produce a gallon of diesel fuel than a gallon of gasoline, I can't imagine how the refineries expected to gain.
EXCEPT MAYBE - more money was to be made as it cost more money to refine oil into gasoline than to diesel fuel due to a more extensive refining processes. ???????
But hallelujah, clean diesels are a reality. Just bring them to our shores.