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2009-12-03, 18:59

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Originally Posted by Xaqtly View Post
I'm not sure why diesel isn't embraced like hybrids are in the US... probably the misconception that they all run dirty or something.
I would totally get a diesel myself, because it's most practical all around. Diesel-electric hybrid, as Kickaha described, is also good. I'm just surprised nobody thunk of it sooner considering that is what the locomotives has been doing for decades. (What? You think they have a big ole' transmission strapped on the engine car? )

Anyway, what I heard (and keep in mind that hearsay is awful piece of evidence...) was that they found it more profitable to sell high-sulfur diesel to US and because of that, it kinds of killed the market for diesel cars.
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