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    Quote Originally Posted by BMKal View Post
    Definitely a lot "cleaner" than my D4.
    Well apparently not according to this thread. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by joel0407 View Post
    Well apparently not according to this thread. LOL
    This whole thread in my opinion is a storm in a tea cup for anywhere but US whose emission laws are not in line with the rest of the world. Personally, I think the VW group put out excellent vehicles and have manufactured best engine of the year for many years (mind you it was the petrol turbo).
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    Noxious emissions are invisible so watching the exhaust reveals nothing useful except possibly if the engine is running rich and wasting unburnt fuel.
    Huge numbers of people suffer various illnesses which are worsened by noxious emissions, sometimes fatally. This is a really big deal. We are talking about a company deciding it has the right to decide to deliberately poison many people to boost its profits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Noxious emissions are invisible so watching the exhaust reveals nothing useful except possibly if the engine is running rich and wasting unburnt fuel.
    Huge numbers of people suffer various illnesses which are worsened by noxious emissions, sometimes fatally. This is a really big deal. We are talking about a company deciding it has the right to decide to deliberately poison many people to boost its profits.

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    I agree but I don't think we can have our cake and eat it too.

    While I think we need to be as clean as we reasonably can be, if we want todrive around in cars, we will make pollution. If we want to make and useelectricity whether we make pollution building wind turbines or make pollution burningcoal or don't make any until a nuclear power plant goes bad. Everything has atrade off.



    I think modern diesels are about as clean as we are going to get withouttrading things off. Yeah sure we can make less pollution but then you get lesspower so then you'll buy a petrol instead that will just make a different pollution.



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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    This is a really big deal.
    of the cars affected, what percentage of all the cars in the world do they make up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eevo View Post
    of the cars affected, what percentage of all the cars in the world do they make up?
    Bazinga. Pat

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eevo View Post
    of the cars affected, what percentage of all the cars in the world do they make up?
    Not only do I suspect it's a very small amount but while they do breach the limit, they still produce less emissions than some only a couple of years old.

    Now before someone jumps in and says "No they create more NOX". Yes they might create more nox but they still create less other pollutants such as CO2.

    So yes. I don't get the big deal and that's why I bought shares in VW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joel0407 View Post
    I agree but I don't think we can have our cake and eat it too.

    While I think we need to be as clean as we reasonably can be, if we want todrive around in cars, we will make pollution. If we want to make and useelectricity whether we make pollution building wind turbines or make pollution burningcoal or don't make any until a nuclear power plant goes bad. Everything has atrade off.



    I think modern diesels are about as clean as we are going to get withouttrading things off. Yeah sure we can make less pollution but then you get lesspower so then you'll buy a petrol instead that will just make a different pollution.

    Soon our cars will be electric and they'll be recharged from charging stations which are solar powered, or from panels on their roofs, so that should fix that. Yes, I know making batteries is a messy business, but it will still be an improvement.
    It's a bit like everyone said there was no alternative to smelly petrol lawn mowers, but my electric mower works just fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Soon our cars will be electric and they'll be recharged from charging stations which are solar powered, or from panels on their roofs, so that should fix that. Yes, I know making batteries is a messy business, but it will still be an improvement.
    It's a bit like everyone said there was no alternative to smelly petrol lawn mowers, but my electric mower works just fine.

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    Seriously Mick you live in fantasy land ,we won't change to electric cars for the same reason our power production won't change from coal,because alternatives don't work.Environmentalists/hippys/tree huggers what ever you call them are the worlds biggest hypocrites,all of them want to save the world but don't want to sacrifice their daily conveniences to do it,your a good example,why didn't you buy an electric vehicle re-charged from solar panels on your roof instead of your Mazda?,don't whinge about other people polluting the environment when your contributing your fair share . Pat

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAT303 View Post
    ...we won't change to electric cars for the same reason our power production won't change from coal,because alternatives don't work...


    It's like saying that heavier-than-air flight is impossible, then came the Wright brothers. It's like saying that there will never be more than a handful of computers world wide, then came PC's. Alternative energy is real and works, it will only get better over the next 5 to 10 years. Already some people in the world can buy themselves an electric VW Golf and charge it at home. This vehicle can already do what 90% of commuters require from a vehicle. Want more range? Have a second car with a dinosaur engine for weekends.

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