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Old 09-24-2012, 12:45 PM   #43 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by undata View Post
I've been operating a clean diesel for fifteen years.
15 years ago (1997) the diesel NOx emissions standards were 25 times higher than today. PM standards were 5 times higher than today.

"Clean diesel" generally refers to ULSD fuel--which didn't exist in the US until 5 years ago (2007).

I'm not sure how you had a "clean diesel" 15 years ago.
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