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Old 03-12-2008, 11:19 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Wow, now I am really mixed up. I thought it was the other way around. I thought diesel was a "less processed" form of fuel (hence all the dirtiness). The less-processed aspect led me to believe that it was less energy intensive.

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Retracing my steps. It not more energy it's more oil. Although they say it pollutes more. Here's some interesting reading.

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Even though diesels go farther on a gallon of fuel, diesel fuel is higher in carbon. So, per gallon, diesel engines emit more carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. Also, it takes more oil to make a gallon of diesel than a gallon of gasoline, and refining diesel creates more air pollution
I have my doubts about that claim. Also here.

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Since Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards give credit to vehicles based on fuel economy rather than oil use, and a gallon of low-sulfur diesel fuel requires 25 percent more oil than a gallon of low-sulfur reformulated gasoline, putting more diesel vehicles on the road without also raising fuel economy standards could actually increase U.S. oil dependence. CAFE standards should, at a minimum, compare gasoline and diesel on an energy-equivalent basis.
If this needs to be broken out to a new thread fell free.
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