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To: Steve Lee who wrote (14909)	10/29/2002 11:20:42 AM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19219

Diesel is just the best design for combustion it is much more expensive to do. 9.5 to 1 compression vs 22.0 to 1 on a diesel. It's combustion is very complete.It leaves fewer Nitrous oxide emissions (No2 is the nasty emission that gets trapped in thermal inversions) but has high particulate matter (the black soot).New emissions on Diesel will rewrite the big truck market this next year - they have been mandated. New technologies just don't get embraced.Electric cars and CNG have been out there for sale - but no one buys. They must be cheap.Since the world is literally awash in oil for the foreseeable future - combustion is here to stay. Fuel Cells probably will evolve into the first alternetive that is actually friendly to use.The biggest factor is cruising range, electric and CNG are terrible and the infrastructure for refuelling is at best weak. Bob