France getting rid of diesel cars.

[dodge man]

Leave it up to the French, they are trying to get rid of all their diesel cars, which appears to be some where around 80% of them. Diesel is cheaper in France but they say the pollution it the problem. Sounds like a knee jerk reaction to me. I read about it on Fox news.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I don't think getting rid of all diesel is going to help as the newer models burn pretty clean. BUT, getting some of the older smokers off the road would sure help along with any worn out gassers or diesels that use as much oil as fuel. This would include big transports as well as personal transport vehicles.

 

[MikePA]

Cash For Klunkers worked in the US so the French version should, too.

 

[nova3930]

If the French want to be stupid in a way that lowers diesel demand, and thus price, why stop 'em

 

[KiotiKowboy]

Why the interim steps? Let's just go ahead and get rid of France!

 

[The Fred]

The french follow no one and no one follow the french.

This all started 24 August 1944 when the M4A2s Sherman tanks rolled down the streets of Paris. They couldn't stand the smell of twin Detroit Diesels or the smell of our combat weary troops, yet we bailed their sorry butts out of 2 world wars.

I had a customer (god rest his sole) who was a tank driver and went all the way to Bastogne, then to Berlin. After the war he drove Volkswagens until he couldn't drive any longer, I know because I worked on them. When asked why his reply was that the German's had flushing toilets during WW2 and the French still crapped through a hole in the floor.

He slept with a 45 under his pillow through his later years, his daughter told me he occasionally woke up after a bad dream in a cold sweat reliving those horrible times.

RIP JJ,

Fred



They've outlawed ketchup in their schools already.

 

[Diamondpilot]

The French? I worked for them for 13.5 years. They never ceased to amaze me.

Chris

 

[tjcarguy]

You can only get so much diesel out of a barrel of oil . Cars need to burn gasoline to use up the production. ---Trevor

 

[kiotiken]

I didn't trust the source, no offence to Fox News :laughing: I'm pretty sure the article is a little misleading, seems they want to get people to buy electric instead of diesel, not move to gas.

France to rank cars for pollution, wants to phase out diesel fuel | Reuters

 

[DeereMann]

I read a news story some months ago that said the smog in Paris was due to high NOx from diesel vehicles. They only recently phased in Euro III emissions which adds the SCR to remove NOx from exhaust. Remember the pink haze over Los Angeles?