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Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules


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2018 Feb 27, 9:39am   2,603 views  7 comments

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-emissions/diesel-cars-can-be-banned-from-german-cities-court-rules-idUSKCN1GA2XD

German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move likely to accelerate a shift away from the combustion engine and force manufacturers to pay to improve exhaust systems.


I approve. My dad used to work in the emissions testing group at Chrysler, and told me that diesel is especially bad for human lungs because the particles in diesel smoke are just the right size to get trapped in the alveoli of the lungs, where they then have a carcinogenic effect for a long time.

That shit is really nasty, and it literally stinks more than any other kind of exhaust. We should totally ban diesel.

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1   Tenpoundbass   2018 Feb 27, 10:21am  

Patrick says
We should totally ban diesel.

What should they do with it, all Crude Oil byproducts happen, they aren't made.
And there's a lot of different byproducts being produced. Take the consumption diesel out of the equation then what do you do with it burn it or dump it.
You must also mean heating oil and Carosine which are just nasty.
2   anonymous   2018 Feb 27, 10:26am  

Tenpoundbass says
Patrick says
We should totally ban diesel.

What should they do with it, all Crude Oil byproducts happen, they aren't made.
And there's a lot of different byproducts being produced. Take the consumption diesel out of the equation then what do you do with it burn it or dump it.
You must also mean heating oil and Carosine which are just nasty.


Heating oil is diesel

Is Carosine, Kerosene?
3   Strategist   2018 Feb 27, 10:49am  

HEYYOU says
Patrick says
We should totally ban diesel.


I'm going to wait & see how much hell you are going to catch. ;-)

Not from me.

Tenpoundbass says
What should they do with it, all Crude Oil byproducts happen, they aren't made.
And there's a lot of different byproducts being produced. Take the consumption diesel out of the equation then what do you do with it burn it or dump it.
You must also mean heating oil and Carosine which are just nasty.

Just ban all fossil fuels. We don't want the shit.
4   Patrick   2018 Feb 27, 10:58am  

There is no doubt at this point that diesel causes cancer:

http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/14/diesel-fumes-definitely-cause-cancer-should-we-be-worried/
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-18415532
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-diesel-exhaust-causes-cancer-same-magnitude-as-second-hand-smoke/

Tenpoundbass says
What should they do with it, all Crude Oil byproducts happen


From what little I understand, if you burn it at much higher temperatures, it breaks down the carcinogenic particles into good old CO2. But I don't think you can run diesel engines at those temperatures. You'd probably have to burn the stuff in a power-generation plant.
6   Tenpoundbass   2018 Feb 27, 11:25am  

errc says
Is Carosine, Kerosene?

+1
7   zzyzzx   2018 Feb 27, 11:36am  

errc says
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid


They even sell it at WalMart cheap.

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