tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post6131332153471889433..comments2024-03-01T01:07:13.368-07:00Comments on No, but seriously: VW Diesel engine cheating - should we be looking at the EPA too?Steven Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856604112181023270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post-67820421007525127202015-09-30T07:31:07.694-06:002015-09-30T07:31:07.694-06:00The real issue is that the EPA (and Euro) tests ar...The real issue is that the EPA (and Euro) tests are not designed to be like the real world. It's why you can never achieve the gas-mileage figures that the manufacturers quote, and by extension, I suspect the real emissions from every car are significantly higher than anything that happens during regulatory tests.<br><br />That being said, I agree with the notion that cars are not the primary polluters. Politicians want us all to believe that so they can continue to extract taxes under the guise of "being green". Where I live we have three oil refineries that give us air quality like China in the winter - full smog, dangerous particulants, no sun for weeks at a time. Yet the local politicians always blame car drivers despite it being plainly obvious to everyone who lives here that the refineries are at fault. (And the steel smelting plant and the two chemical factories).<br><br />But because of lobbying and 'special interest' groups, the politicians won't ever fine the large industries so instead they go after easy targets like the 20 or 30 people that have wood-burning fire places, and all the car owners.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322134770888868709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post-68574263848429286382015-09-30T00:54:51.675-06:002015-09-30T00:54:51.675-06:00It's funny how the Americans consider the 2.0 ...It's funny how the Americans consider the 2.0 liter engines as being "small capacity", while here in Europe we pay hefty taxes and insurances for anything larger than 2 liters.<br /><br />Back to the point, I think we should question everything and everyone. Let's test all car makers and all models, be them diesels, gasoline or hybrids. And let's test them in labs, with "test modes" on and off, and also in the real world. Let's test the American variants against the European and Asian ones. Then we'll see who else was feeding us wrong data.<br /><br />It's going to cost a lot of money to do this and it will take some time. But the guilty parties could pay for this "research".<br /><br />One more point: I don't really care if the car is EURO4 or EURO6, or if it meets the standards in California or China. All the numbers are spilled out by politics, to make everything "greener". The cars, I think, are not really our biggest concern regarding pollution. I only care that the manufacturers don't lie - and don't have to lie - just to get their cars sold.<br />If no one can meet the exhaust regulations, maybe the regulations themselves need to be changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com