On 2006-01-03, Lakeview Bill wrote:
Your statement that "Diesels are the future" is just as true today as it was
in 1983, when I was given a diesel-powered company car. Diesel was "the
future" then, just as it is today, and just as it probably will still be 20
years from now.

At least here, diesels are the present (and have been for at least a
decade). For car diesels, it can be difficult to tell you're driving a
diesel - they accelerate like a gasoline powered car, they are no
noisier than a gasoline powered car, they are not smoky and thanks to
ultra low sulphur diesel and Biodiesel are not the polluting, smoky
things of 1983. They also get much better fuel economy (particularly in
start/stop traffic).

As for aviation, it isn't just the price difference between 100LL and
diesel - consider that the Diamond Twin Star has better performance than
a Piper Seminole, but with the fuel burn of a 172.

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