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So theres a worldwide glut of diesel? Even ULSD?

Commented Sep 3, 2014 on OPIS: Russia’s shipments of diesel to Europe surged 55% in first eight months of 2014 at Green Car Congress

OR???Canada could just refine its crappy, abrasive crude up there into a finished product...Youd think this would be a no-brainer. Unless getting rid of the sand would be uneconomical. Why else would one attempt to pipe it 2500 miles? Because LA or TX need MORE sand?

Commented Sep 3, 2014 on Opinion: New technology could end the debate over pipeline safety at Green Car Congress

OR realize that every BILLION we could spend to capture or desalinate in the coming decades would go along way in this heavily-populated and farmed DESERT.

Commented Jul 25, 2014 on Satellite study shows drought-stricken Colorado River Basin states depleting their groundwater at Green Car Congress

"Coasting"??? What a concept! Except the majority of J@ck@$$e$ out there in their over-powered FUmobiles will still race you to every red light or do anything to pass you in heavy traffic. All the technology in the world is worthless with a loose nut behind the wheel.

Commented Dec 15, 2013 on New Bosch start-stop system with coasting mode can reduce fuel consumption by up to another 10% at Green Car Congress

Love the EGR and the start/stop...but KILL V6s...4 cylinder diesels, even with twin sequential turbos, or if you dare, electric rear-drive are ALL thats needed.

Commented Aug 25, 2013 on Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel (update w/ rally results) at Green Car Congress

If the transverse 9HP is reducing consumption 12-16% and the rear-drive tranny/driveshafts will lose 8-15% depending on how many ring & pinions its put through...why even build it? Surely electric motor technology can make virtually anything cruise like a golf cart on RWD at 10-20 mph. And start/stop can kill ICEs when unneeded.

Commented Jul 28, 2013 on ZF opens passenger car transmission plant in the US; emphasis on 9-speed automatics at Green Car Congress

WHTC would be a good start. All these different specs, some only "half-metric" (US???) would go a long way to getting EVERYWHERE up to sniff. Its pointless to get on-road diesel engines emissions great, while the off-road locomotive or marine engine is still filthy. Then theres always getting cetane ratings up from where we are now. More alternate fuels, DME, bio, even JetA, CNG, maybe mixed right at the injector for cold start or other hard to control times? More start/stop technology. There are hundreds of ways to get this right.

Commented Jul 10, 2013 on ARB researchers evaluate in-use heavy-duty NOx aftertreatment systems, find elevated levels during certain lower-temperature operations at Green Car Congress

Awesome..! Where can I buy a drum and how much?

Commented Jun 8, 2013 on Volvo Trucks to begin limited production of DME heavy-duty trucks in NA in 2015; customer trials; Oberon partnership at Green Car Congress

Im sure Mr Bell wouldnt want to talk to me. Im still driving the apparently ONLY 03 Saab 93 TiD in NA.

Commented Feb 9, 2013 on GM initially looking for NA diesel Cruze buyers from the pool of diesel enthusiasts at Green Car Congress

Cant believe a bunch of these werent burnt down in testing for three years?? Did UL sign off on this?

Commented Feb 3, 2013 on NTSB issues seventh update on JAL Boeing 787 battery fire investigation at Green Car Congress

A 6.2L engine pushing a 1000kg? car? What "people" exactly cant wait to waste their apparently not hard-earned $ on this? Does this sell in any numbers anywhere but here? Ridiculous. And NOT green by any stretch.

Commented Oct 26, 2012 on New 450hp Small Block V8 for 2014 Corvette features direct injection, cylinder deactivation, continuously variable valve timing at Green Car Congress

GMs idea of a joke? Give the UofM an obsolete, never certified here diesel from '02. And its a decade later? Shame GCC...you need to follow up on some of these lame "news" flashes. And few people need a 6.4L either. Does that engine sell anywhere but here?

Commented Oct 26, 2012 on Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle at Green Car Congress

Never have, never will "get" V6s. So much more complication and heat and space, for so little gain.

Commented May 19, 2012 on Toyota to increase V6 engine production in Alabama at Green Car Congress

Right? Wont the Saudis sell you as many tankers of sour crude as you want tomorrow? Why does the US have any need for sandy, sour Canadian crude? Can you imagine what that stuff does to pipelines and compressor seals?

Commented May 4, 2012 on TransCanada re-applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit; alternative Nebraska route not yet determined at Green Car Congress

I guess we shouldnt hold much hope that a 1.9L Twin turbodiesel that produces 180hp w/400Nms @1800rpm, does 0-62 in 9secs and gets 4(55)-5.5(46) L/100km will arrive anytime soon?

Commented Apr 4, 2012 on Porsche bringing diesel Cayenne to the US with 2013 MY at Green Car Congress

Why are cops and cabs incapable of using 1.6L TURBODIESELS in this country?

Commented Mar 17, 2012 on New Ford Police Interceptors deliver up to 35% better fuel economy when idling at Green Car Congress

Dont know if y'all get off the island much, but the rest of the world has communication trucks too, that apparently haul less crap around and consequently get by without a "nice V8" that gets 19mpg on the best day ever. "New GM" needs to be a helluva lot better than "old GM". This country, its businesses and governments, can NO longer afford 19mpg V8s, no matter how cheap and available the ALLEGED 100 year supply of NG is.

Commented Feb 1, 2012 on AT&T orders 1,200 CNG-powered Chevrolet Express vans at Green Car Congress

Thats all well and fine but...do these things really NEED 6L V8s? How many will ever need to go faster than 40mph? Or travel more than 10 miles from base?

Commented Jan 31, 2012 on AT&T orders 1,200 CNG-powered Chevrolet Express vans at Green Car Congress

Well thats great...except that SUVs are hardly GREEN, huge BOF space-wasters and are powered by the largest V8s and V6s possible with NO/little attempt by the industry to do otherwise.

Commented Jan 3, 2012 on Mercedes-Benz has sold more than 2M SUVs worldwide; US and China the top markets at Green Car Congress

Gee...thanx Saab, now go off and die!

Commented Dec 16, 2011 on Buick’s Ecotec 2.0L Turbo makes Ward’s Best Engines list; 2.0L turbo coming for Malibu at Green Car Congress

This needs to be changed. Some kind of bond or tax needs to be levied to ensure oilcos just dont chase after relatively "easy" crude, while "unmarketable" gets flared because the payback isnt quite good enuf. This supply and demand stuff is complicated and producers werent born yesterday.

Commented Nov 26, 2011 on EIA: More than 35% of natural gas produced in North Dakota is flared or otherwise not marketed due to infrastructure limitations at Green Car Congress

There will continue to be a "glut" of gasoline here. Consequently there will be price-pressure on the corn-ethanol "industry".

Commented Nov 1, 2011 on California gasoline consumption down 2.2% in July, diesel fuel consumption increased 1.9% at Green Car Congress

At least. But the BIG hang-up was getting the ULSD out of the refiners...it STILL not EN590, but its gettin there.

Commented Oct 6, 2011 on GM introduces two new diesels to power midsize pickups at Green Car Congress

@Peter- Theres something to be said for the under 2-liter 5 cylinder. When you compare the torque, NVH, power-to-weight, eliminating balance shafts and chains, using timing chains, making a more robust, longer-lasting, reliable engine...but what manufacturer wants engines that easily go 300Kmiles? Thats a lot of folks NO longer with jobs.

Commented Sep 7, 2011 on Volvo introducing new downsized 4-cylinder engine range, with fuel economy improvements up to 35%; hybrid and flywheel drive systems at Green Car Congress

Better thirty years late than never.

Commented Jul 23, 2011 on Chevrolet confirms diesel variant for Cruze in North America in 2013 at Green Car Congress