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What so "less effective" about diesel???
You have to increase compression ratio in gasoline fuel engine to get the combustion the same way it is done in diesel. No philosophy there so what is moderate compression I do not know. Now the problem with that is that it is less controllable with gas.

Diesel is more efficient period. It had in the past problem of particle polution, but not anymore. In Europe there are cars that have filters for diesel that do not require service anymore.

An if you wondered, diesel comes back to racing. Le Mans already hosts those cars and gives preference. Peugeot works on environment friendy fuel engine working like diesel.


Overall there is no diesel engine. You have to change yyour terminology. There is spark ignited combution engine and self-ignited combustion engine. The fuel you use in those is another stry and today you can use any fuel in both types of engines. It is just matter of engine design and enrichment of fuel.

Good description of that (no do not look into your funky magazines like Car&Driver) you can find in magazines like Race Car Engineering and Race Engine Magazine. yes they talk about realistic cars and engines since all technology development is done on race tracks (not always the USA though since NASCAR technoly development is close to null comparing to F1, BTCC, WRC e.t.c.)
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What so "less effective" about diesel???  FirstNLastN | 09/02/05
I wish we saw more diesel cars available in the US.  enduser_z | 09/02/05
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ERR CHEMISTRY CHECK  hec2@... | 09/03/05
Gasohol common?  Fred Fredrickson | 09/04/05
Yes it is common  osreinstall | 09/05/05
Been using this in Canada for 15+ years  voska | 09/06/05
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I think you are embellishing a bit.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
another point about hydrogen  Spikey_Mike | 06/13/06
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Sorry!!! No Imbellishments Here  jjworleyeoe | 09/03/05
You did when you mentioned the concept car. They don't count.  osreinstall | 09/03/05
why not use energy more efficiently  hipparchus2000 | 09/05/05
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I agree, our current public transport bites!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/04/05
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Okay, point taken  jorwell | 09/05/05
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Public transport and bicycles!  jorwell | 09/05/05
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This is already happening  jorwell | 09/05/05
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Turbines Suck literally  osreinstall | 09/04/05
You misunderstand  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/05/05
Neat Technology but I didn't misunderstand  osreinstall | 09/05/05
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Engines must throttle on roads, cannot get around it.  osreinstall | 09/05/05
What do you pay for gas  voska | 09/06/05
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Good idea but...  Fred Fredrickson | 09/04/05
Fred, see my above reply: You misunderstand.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/05/05
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