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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1004781" data-attributes="member: 14668">A better approach would be to force the EPA to roll back emissions regulations on the small, hyper-efficient turbo diesels like the VW Lupo (80+MPG on biodiesel) that are available in Europe but not here.If the regulations were tweaked only slightly, these vehicles would be available here and could be run on 100% renewable, locally produced biodiesel.The important question to ask.... is why it is that hyper-efficient, biodiesel-compatible vehicles such as these are available everywhere else but not here?Diesel engines are more efficient at converting energy into motion than gasoline engines are. They last longer, and can use fuels made from waste cooking oil, soybean oil, hemp oil, algae, or any number of renewable sources.Imagine if we had the ability to wean ourselves off of dependence to Middle East oil by &quot;growing our own&quot; biodiesel fuel in the deserts or other marginal lands using crops such as algae, rapeseed or hemp that require little in the way of potable water or fertilizer. Imagine the jobs that would be created for small landowners in economically depressed regions who could sell their home-made fuel to local buyers.None of that will ever be possible as long as the EPA imposes unrealistic emissions standards on diesel cars and continues to give Big Oil a virtual monopoly on refined gasoline as our only choice for vehicle fuel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1004781, member: 14668"] A better approach would be to force the EPA to roll back emissions regulations on the small, hyper-efficient turbo diesels like the VW Lupo (80+MPG on biodiesel) that are available in Europe but [I]not[/I] here. If the regulations were tweaked [I]only slightly[/I], these vehicles would be available here [B]and[/B] could be run on 100% renewable, locally produced biodiesel. The important question to ask.... is why it is that hyper-efficient, biodiesel-compatible vehicles such as these are available everywhere else but [I]not[/I] here? Diesel engines are more efficient at converting energy into motion than gasoline engines are. They last longer, and can use fuels made from waste cooking oil, soybean oil, hemp oil, algae, or any number of [I]renewable[/I] sources. Imagine if we had the ability to wean ourselves off of dependence to Middle East oil by "growing our own" biodiesel fuel in the deserts or other marginal lands using crops such as algae, rapeseed or hemp that require little in the way of potable water or fertilizer. Imagine the jobs that would be created for small landowners in economically depressed regions who could sell their home-made fuel to local buyers. None of that will [I]ever[/I] be possible as long as the EPA imposes unrealistic emissions standards on diesel cars and continues to give Big Oil a virtual monopoly on refined gasoline as our[I] only [/I]choice for vehicle fuel. [/QUOTE]

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