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RedDevil · 10-18-2015, 05:14 AM

I once nearly passed out in my car, locked in a traffic jam, downwind from some diesel car.
I closed the windows and set the vents to recirculation, but it was too late. I tried opening the windows on the left, right, both, but nothing helped; I was in the perfect wrong spot.
It got so bad that I was about to leave the car when the traffic got moving again and allowed me to breathe.

It was just a car, and not very old one too!
I felt sorry for having owned a diesel car too.

Anyone NOT pushing for a diesel ban is an ideologically blindfolded (or gasmasked?) fillinyourfavouritehatedpoliticalparty!

Fact is, diesel cars do not have to meet the same stringent emission standards as gasoline cars, because if they had to they'd all fail.
Why do we have to put up with a whole fleet of cars that would fail gasoline emissions tests by a large margin?
So even if they make up less that 10% of overall pollution, why put up with that if it can be brought down to just 1% by banning diesels altogether?

10-18-2015, 05:14 AM	#126 (permalink)
RedDevil Master EcoWalker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands Posts: 3,999 Red Devil - '11 Honda Insight Elegance Team Honda 90 day: 53.59 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,714 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,455 Posts	I once nearly passed out in my car, locked in a traffic jam, downwind from some diesel car. I closed the windows and set the vents to recirculation, but it was too late. I tried opening the windows on the left, right, both, but nothing helped; I was in the perfect wrong spot. It got so bad that I was about to leave the car when the traffic got moving again and allowed me to breathe. It was just a car, and not very old one too! I felt sorry for having owned a diesel car too. Anyone NOT pushing for a diesel ban is an ideologically blindfolded (or gasmasked?) fillinyourfavouritehatedpoliticalparty! Fact is, diesel cars do not have to meet the same stringent emission standards as gasoline cars, because if they had to they'd all fail. Why do we have to put up with a whole fleet of cars that would fail gasoline emissions tests by a large margin? So even if they make up less that 10% of overall pollution, why put up with that if it can be brought down to just 1% by banning diesels altogether? __________________ 2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut. lifetime FE over 0.2 Gmeter or 0.13 Mmile. For confirmation go to people just like you. For education go to people unlike yourself.