diesel more mainstream..when?

[Diesel conspiracy]

Translated from european web site, recomending, when to use diesel engine and when gas:

Used for:            City      Family/Work      Buisness trips
KM yearly:         15 000       40 000 – 60 000       over 60 000 
Miles:                                             10 000 +-            25 000 - 38 000                over 38 000
Type:            Gas      gas/diesel      diesel
(kW)             50 - 80       80 – 110       100 – 180
Engin size in L:         1,0 – 1,6    1,4 – 2,0               2,0 - 3,0

Would this apply to North America?

[tpl]

Translated from european web site, recomending, when to use diesel engine and when gas:

Used for:            City      Family/Work      Buisness trips
KM yearly:         15 000       40 000 – 60 000       over 60 000 
Miles:                               10 000 +-        25 000 - 38 000          over 38 000
Type:                   Gas              gas/diesel      diesel
(kW)             50 - 80       80 – 110       100 – 180
Engin size in L:        1,0 – 1,6       1,4 – 2,0               2,0 - 3,0

Would this apply to North America?

No. If for no better reason than there are practically no small engines in cars here ( 1.0 litre to 1.6) because of a) automatic transmissions and b) the cars are all bigger and heavier here.  The class of cars that have the 1.0-1.6 litre engines in euland  are just not available here with few exceptions.  ( Fit, Yaris, Aveo)

[Calbrez]

NA is still navel gazing thinking gas guzzling SUVs are cool.   well the party is going to be over soon.    can't wait to see the day when india and china start burning fossil fuels like we do.  the whole world will be under a cloud.  watch beijing this summer and remember these facts.    china's per capita energy consumption isnt even remotely close to ours yet.   guess who is the clear leader in the energy consumption department?  thats right, canada and the good old US of A.  and as for c02 emissions in particular?   merica contributes over 20 percent of the worlds c02 emissions while china is at 18 percent.  yet china has over 4 times the population of merica.  india has a similiar population but isnt even close at 5 percent c02 emissions. what is going to happen when these 2 countries really ramp it up?   i was there 4 months ago and the city of beijing is permanently under a thick haze of pollution.  actually so was shenzhen, guangzhou, chongching, shanghai and hk.  these developing countries will be needing green solutions soon and who is going to supply them with these solutions?   right now it seems merica and canada are too busy buying SUVs.

Canada is -40C for ha;f the year so we'll always be in the lead wen it comes to energy consumption, and for good reasons...

It never ceases to amaze me how how so many people continue to take this so-called global warming crisis as though it were gospel

human Co2 output is currently less than 0.5% of the global total...

the vast majority of Co2 comes from the oceans!

global warming is a farce... although poor air quality is a serious concern.. so lets reduce the particulate matter and stop stressing about green-house gas! 

[tenpenny]

the vast majority of Co2 comes from the oceans!

Are you sure about that?  Can you site a source?

[quadzilla]

Canada is -40C for ha;f the year so we'll always be in the lead wen it comes to energy consumption, and for good reasons...

   Where do you live? I can't even remember the last time I saw -40C even with the wind chill.

[Turbo Bob]

the vast majority of Co2 comes from the oceans!

Are you sure about that?  Can you site a source?

Yep, the oceans!
 

[si]

Canada is -40C for ha;f the year so we'll always be in the lead wen it comes to energy consumption, and for good reasons...

   Where do you live? I can't even remember the last time I saw -40C even with the wind chill.

Our average minimum temperature doesn't even go below freezing in winter

[safristi]

 .........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide

[21Rouge]

I am not totally sure what date but we do know that GM is designing a new Engine for this size of vehicle and it most certainly will be a Diesel for sure. I strongly suspect it will be worth the wait. 

Maybe some variation of this Duramax 4.5 Litre Diesel?:

http://blog.gmnext.com/?p=238

[Rupert]

It seems to me that this thread has been gone over before. Is there not a limit to the ratio of diesel..gasolene...aviation fuel...tar etc. that can be produced from a barrel of oil. So that, if this is the case, then higher volumes of diesel will not be available. Is diesel not used for heating homes here too... maybe that this is not so in Europe possibly thereby making more diesel available for transportation there.
If the above is true, not known to be so by me, then how can a different product mix, in favour of more diesel be achieved.