Stage V Non-road engine diesel emissions

[PeteB]

On 01/10/2017 at 11:52, Khriss said:

Battery powered Chippers ! You heard it here first K

You missed the comments in a GreenMech sales meeting a year or two ago!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

and how much nox do you think an unleaded petrol engine emits......one of the reasons no 4 gas test........ the biggest problem with diesel is smart arses trying to blame them for every air polution problem, by screwing about with what they're allowed to emit as exhaust the "experts" have managed to take a design that was hard working, very long lifed, produced very little  noxious emissions(if kept properly maintained and tuned) now with egr, ad blue, and dpf and cats, they are efectivly killing the engines, and with the new generation of bio fuels, none of these are needed because the base material isnt a hydrocarbon so a little h2o and some co2 and minor particulates are all that comes out. and as for the move to electric, your just moving the problem to the end of a wire..
 

I don’t really “do” engines... but what you say seems to make pretty good sense to me (from a nuggets perspective)

Legislate for Diesel engine, legislate for wood stoves etc....

Whilst simultaneously seeking to expand Heathrow....

Doesn’t seem to make much sense overall?

[Jon@CareFell]

I don’t really “do” engines... but what you say seems to make pretty good sense to me (from a nuggets perspective)

Legislate for Diesel engine, legislate for wood stoves etc....

Whilst simultaneously seeking to expand Heathrow....

Doesn’t seem to make much sense overall?

In my opinion the reason bio fuels have not been invested in and pushed further is because of lobbying from petrochemical companies, the reason there is more and more legislation for Diesel engines is that we will all have to buy new cars/ plant with new engines from large multinationals, the reason stoves are being legislated against is that by its very nature it is hard to profiteer from wood due to the supply being hard to control and yet again the expansion of Heathrow will bring more money to the city. Cynical I know, the idea of a cleaner environment is fantastic but I think it is used as a smokescreen to generate ££££ while keeping people on side because it is eco.
They have known about the pollutants from diesel engines for ages but it was only yesterday that diesel was going to save the planet!

Still not much we can do about it.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/16/16667366/tesla-semi-truck-announced-price-release-date-electric-self-driving

 

Maybe the battery chipper / grinder is a possibility....  (obviously, it's a possibility, just not sufficient scale to make it viable.....  Unless.....  The tech is advanced in other sectors first?)

[Stubby]

I kinda like the idea of the Hydrogen fuel cell .............