September 24, 2008
Louisville Courier- Journal Metromix
When you think of diesel-fueled vehicles, you probably only think of 18-wheelers and construction equipment. Or maybe you just think of the fact that as you’re paying more than $4 a gallon for gasoline, the prices for diesel fuel are even higher these days.
“In the U.S. last year, diesel cars made up about 3 percent of all new vehicle sales, which is really a drop in the bucketand most of that was the diesel engine options in some of the beefier pickup trucks,” said Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, the nation’s leading advocate for diesel technology. “Just to contrast, last year in the European Union, diesel made up 53 percent of all new vehicle sales.”
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