I bet your truck doesn't run 10 second 1/4 miles. My car does.
I'd love to have a turbo diesel tow vehicle with propane and nitrous injection.

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My answer is "Who cares?" Until they make a diesel capable of outperforming a gas engine in a drag race/street car, I don't care.

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I pay $10/gallon for race fuel for a car that gets ~3mpg on a good day (second Z28) and >$2.50/gallon for a car that gets 8mpg on a good day(1st Z28 daily driver) Do you really think that your $5/gallon gas scares me?
And I'm not hiding behind anything. I buy my own gas for vehicles that I like to drive, unapologetically.
If you don't like it, TFB.

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And I bet your V-10 gets better gas mileage then those older 460ci motors.

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I guess the real point here is who cares what you think of diesel/petrol performance considering you are both unable and unwilling to consider anything outside of your own little microcosm of expensive adult toys with wheels

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Waxy

I was unaware that compression would ignite propane or nitrous oxide. Don't they need a spark?

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They simply add small chain highly combustible hydrocarbons and oxygen respectively to the diesel already being injected to increase the burn rate and temp of combustion.

Waxy

You are kidding right?

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Not very often. You?

But as you brought the subject up civil aviation is another major consumer of fossil fuels....... and it also injects a significant proportion of emissions into the stratosphere which has a much longer residence time than the troposphere where most other fossil fuels are burnt. We should allbear that in mind before hopping on those cheap flights for a weekend away.

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Why?

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I have no problem with diesels....in a tow vehicle. Great torque, but no revs.

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No, I think he's suffering from that little green-eyed monster, envy.

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I can count my trips by plane on one hand

That was my point.

The US military is the undisputed #1 polluter.

The #2 polluter is the airline industry. I can drive my truck and ride my snowmobile all weekend, along with everyone else out on the mountain, and it doesn't even begin to hold a candle to one commercial flight.

And yet, somehow, the airline industry gets zero press well all the while the tiny OHV market receives enormous pressure from the "greens".

In case you can't tell, this is a bit of a hot button issue for me.

Waxy

Over here the airline industry gets huge stick from environmental groups, as does the government for not taxing aviation fuel properly, leaving us with the ludicrous situation where it is both cheaper and quicker, though more polluting, to travel by plane than it is by ferry or train.