World Health Org decides soot is carcinogenic....

[wai]

Actually there are many cruel things that industry and researchers do these days.

I have a cousin who has had a secondary cancer removed from her lung. Nothing to do with fumes or smoking or anything like that. The primary was a soft tissue tumor on her leg and that arose after she injured it on the corner of a drawer unit on her desk.

Anyhow, every so often you hear of "cancer breakthroughs" where researchers have discovered a potential "cure". It is a cruel joke to play on cancer sufferers as they get their hopes up. What the researchers do not tell the public is that these are only "potential", and that by the time something comes of the research, most cancer sufferers will be long gone.

Why do this? To get ongoing funding, and not necessarily for the so-called cancer cures.

It is the same with this banner announcement. They play to the fear based decision making we humans are known for. It just goes to show how gullible they think the public are.

[jazd]

Is it bad if you drive a diesel and work in coal mines too?

[BeigeJet]

Is it bad if you drive a diesel and work in coal mines too?

Only if you are a chain smoker!

[Greg Roles]

The drama is the fact that now the WHO officially endorse this view, and that government departments will have a field day with it!

Personally I'm far more concerned about my mobile phone EMF's!

[getjet]

Electric trucks transporting goods around the country? Can't see that happening anytime soon. Not worried in the slightest.

[jazd]

Electric trucks transporting goods around the country? Can't see that happening anytime soon. Not worried in the slightest.

Yeah but they might start going postal on diesel emissions systems.

[wai]

Yeah but they might start going postal on diesel emissions systems.

As the diesel truck fleet is replaced, you will find more and more of them will come out with DPF's as this is what is required in Europe.

But really, the emissions from cars are just as bad. Much is made of NOx emissions from diesels. Then again, if you do not retune a car to run on E10, the NOx emissions almost tripple because of the higher temperature leaner burn caused by the addition of ethanol.

[wai]

Electric trucks transporting goods around the country? Can't see that happening anytime soon. Not worried in the slightest.

There has been mich discussion on electric vehicles in other forums. One group is trying to make the electric motors more efficient because trying to make batteries store more energy is getting increasingly difficult. The problem is that ultimately it takes a given amount of energy to accelerate a vehicle to a certain speed and maintain it at that speed. That energy comes from the battery. Things like regenerative braking are not the answer as you have to put that energy in somewhere. All it does is try and get SOME of it back. It is generally a very little amount compared to the energy used.

Anyhow, that's for another time. I doubt we will see electric trucks in our lifetime or a few more generations to come. Petrol/Diesel/LPG will be around for a long while yet, and diesel emissions will be cleaned up using DPF's and various catalytic converters and other conditioners.

[Buzy_Robot]

The following links might be of interest to readers of this thread:

WHO study shouldn't scare fans of clean-diesel cars

Volkswagen Challenges WHO Claims About Cancer-Causing Diesel Exhaust