On 12/12/01 8:55 AM, "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
>
> As I said, a small fraction. That 'residential and commercial' category
> does muddy up the perception initially, as does the amalgamation of
> personal transportation with commerical transportation (tractor
> trailers, farm tractors, etc). In transportation, for example, personal
> automobiles have gone much farther in developing efficiency and
> emissions reduction technologies than all categories of trucks. The AAA
> is apparently not as good a lobbying group as the Teamsters Union is.
Or perhaps it is because most trucks use a Diesel engine, which has a
typical efficiency that even the best gasoline engines can't touch. Modern
diesel engines are quite clean too. It looks pretty rational to me.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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