OK, I know we're drifting off topic here...
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Originally Posted by euromodder
The phasing out of diesel could be started in a matter of years.
Private diesel vehicles can go from day 1 - there are plenty of alternatives.
Commercial diesel vehicles may take longer, though there are already alternatives - fuel blending can be retrofitted as an interim solution.
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I still don't see how it will be "easy" ... getting rid of tobacco should be "easy" too, in theory. I mean, who wants to willingly increase their risk of dying of cancer by as much as 22 times?!? Apparently, that's not much of a dis-incentive for a really large number of people! We've still got people starting to smoke despite the cost, the messaging, the legal roadblocks... How would you get people to "easily" give up diesels?
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Originally Posted by euromodder
With petrol direct injection, we're adding the PM issues to petrol engines as well ... where the problem didn't exist before.
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It must have existed before, if gasoline exhaust was considered a contributor to cancer over 20 years ago...
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Originally Posted by euromodder
We've replaced an ancient set of clear and present dangers, with a modern set of sneaky, obscured, and long-term hazards.
Technology has enabled us to live a lot longer - that's only one side of the coin.
The flip side is it's also endangering us to some degree.
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I think we've still got some clear and present dangers along with the sneaky ones... but yes, you're right... and the fact that we live longer gives those sneaky long term hazards a chance to show up in large enough numbers to become meaningful and a bit frightening.