I spoke to a trucker about this and took some picture of the stuff needed
to clean the carcinogenic particulates from the exhaust.
The World Health Organization has deemed diesel exhaust hazardous to
your health.
Millions of old diesel powered cars are upping the cancer rate in Europe.

The estimated cost of retrofitting a truck is $15,000.
The cost of the Diesel Exhaust Fluid is $15 a gallon.
Many Cal companies are selling their current trucks out of state.
Many small truckers are going out of business in California.
You must have one of these Air Resources Board stickers on your
truck wind shield before you can enter California.

This has increased the cost of shipping in California.

A large turbo compound rotary Wankel would make a great truck engine due
to it's robust
and cannon proof design. There is no doubt in my mind it would last as
long as
a diesel engine and get equal or better MPG. Fuel price per gallon would
be less.
It would weigh less than a diesel as well increasing the payload.
It would also be smoother. Large size is no problem. Some of these huge
Ingersoll Rand
engines are rumored to have run for 20,000 hours.

I am probably way ahead of my time on this one as well.

Paul Lamar

How can anyone afford to live there in Kalifornia any more? Wow, can
anyone tell me why anyone would WANT to live in a totalitarian state
like that? We midwesterners may be "backward", but dang, we can wipe
our butt and blow our nose without the gubmint throwing us in JAIL!!
Oh yeah, God bless America. Us slightly-freer midwesterners can still
say that for now...
Hint to the West Coasters...YOU CAN VOTE THEM IDIOTS OUT IF YOU WANTED
TO.
Have a good'n :-)


John Bell

  Hi   Paul,
                 Do the trucks have to be retrofitted with the latest
anti global warming equipment, was a time when you could run your
car/truck as long as it met the requirements for the year it was made,
at least it is still the same as that here in OZ. That would make your
truck unsaleable and you out of business.
               John Burey

Nothing to do with global warming. Has to do with NOX emission and invisibly
particulates. NOX is an inevitable result of running lean which diesels do 100%
of the time. The particulates can be seen sometimes as black smoke.
Bad for the lungs.

All diesels will have this equipment sooner or later.

Paul Lamar

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