Effects on health, economy, business, the environment, etc.
diesel emits CO, NOx and particulates (dust). The CO and NOx make acid rains and the dust is an irritant to lungs. But, it runs ambulances and generators at hospitals. It transports goods to market. It runs tractors that grow and harvest food.
heating of the planet through global warming, but it is less refined than regular, so that saves a little energy.
Deisel emissions are evil
You know, the effects of diesel emissions is about the same as gasoline emissions. When ethanol burns, it does about the same amount of pollution as diesel fumes do. Healthdon't know Economyif you remove diesel out of the equation, you lose the economy. You cannot haul freight efficiently without diesel power, you cannot operate most generators efficiently without diesel power, etc. The reason why they make such a big deal about diesel emissions is because of the black smoke it produces. It does no greater damage than gasoline emissions do. Plus, if every car ran off of diesel fuel instead of gasoline, prices would be much much cheaper, crude oil would be used more efficiently and there wouldn't be a shortage like there is. PLUSyou would be able to turn that 30-35 mpg car into a 55-60 mpg car if you ran it off of diesel. And I also like to blow black smoke out of my Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel tooits fun, plus a lot of power.
