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7th November 2019, 16:16 | #62 |
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As an HGV driver myself you have prodded me into life here! Trucks are there purely for the reason of supply and demand, belching out particulates? I don't think so. Maybe 40 years ago but not today. Trucks have vertical exhausts today so nothing is being ejected at ground level but even so are modern commercial vehicles not subject to stringent Euro 6 regulations? Our vehicles where I work practically emit nothing but water vapour after the Ad Blue system has done its job. A quick look up at the exhaust on my truck which is now 12 months old and the outlet of the exhaust pipe is clean like new and not black and sooty like in the old days. Just saying.
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9th November 2019, 13:04 | #65 |
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I used to be in heavy transport, and if anyone should be dead from inhaling diesel particulates, it should be me. 60 hours a week for many years until hours came down. There is so much ‘devilling ‘ of diesel fuel, that it makes me think that somewhere along the line, some companies must be in for a big payday. Shell being one of them. They have begun a move into the electric and gas supplying industries. Why? Because that is where we are going to be paying through the nose to keep the lights on and keep warm this time of the year. Come on people, wake up to what is going on around you, please.
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Modern turbo diesels are remarkably efficient and driven correctly, produce less CO2 (which is not strictly a pollutant), and comparable NOX and particulates to petrol engines. However, hitting the accelerator pedal hard at low revs, produces very inefficient combustion, as the turbo is unable to pump sufficient air into the engine. This is why heavily laden trucks and buses are so polluting in urban areas; their constant starting from traffic lights, often as the driver floors it while he is creeping towards them in too high a gear, is in sharp contrast to the truck cruising at 60mph+ on a motorway.
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I surely cannot be alone here, surely this is a forum for car enthusiasts, not one for domestic appliances surely
Electric cars have no soul, even the likes of the exciting (sic) Tesla. The debate over when the powers that be force us to hang up the keys to "real" cars in favour of souped up milk floats, those with vested interest in riding the populist bandwagon of environmental concern, ramming bus lanes, idiotic traffic calming, obscene amounts of road furniture that actually create congestion not ease it etc etc etc. will rumble on I fear. Over and out Brian |
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Hear Hear Brian!
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Well said Brian!
How much fuel is wasted every day slowing down and then accelerating away from sleeping policemen? In this Nanny state, almost every roundabout seems to have sleeping policemen in front of it! If you can't see a roundabout in front of you and heed the signs, you shouldn't be on the road!
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