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Old November 29th 04, 09:08 PM
Timothy J. Lee
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Vernon Balbert > wrote:
>Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>> The public are right. In the UK, even with its better fuel, you can still
>> smell a diesel - and it's not that pleasant. And many will still smoke
>> quite badly on full throttle.

>
>It may smell worse, but does it really put out more pollutants than
>gasoline (petrol)? It was my understanding that the amount of pollution
>was similar for both types of fuel.


Different kinds of pollution. Gasoline / petrol emits more carbon
monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and very small (invisible) particulates,
while diesel emits more nitrogen oxides and visible, smelly particulates.

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