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Originally Posted by zmw100

If you want someone to blame, point the finger both at the oil companies and the EPA who make rediculous policy decisions w/o any concern as to the economic outcome on the american populous.

Diesel is even worse... Diesel is basically a WASTE product it's the throw away from the creation of regular gas - at least it used to be, now it's been so regulated to death because Al Gore is so worried about global warming (even though science states the globe has COOLED 10 years in a row) that it has to be refined to the point it's almost edible and could be used to cook with...

consider me bitter - I get to write off almost all of my fuel every year, every single gallon - and I'm still bitter, I really do feel sorry for normal families who have to live so far outside of town to be able to afford a reasonable home for them and their family and then have to drive 30-40 miles each way to a job that pays 10$/hr (like the new Toyota plant in San Anotnio, 30 miles from anything useful).

-Z

Excellent points, you are right on. I'm in W Texas and just a bit ago I saw diesel at $4.15. That's absurd !! I'm curious though, what are your reasons for potentially wanting a diesel LC ? Mileage vs gas? Hell, diesel costs MORE than premium. I would think the cost of diesel as opposed to gas would negate any MPG advantage. Operating costs ? I really do want to know what are the advantages a diesel LC would have over the gasser here in the US ?

Thought this was an interesting tidbit:

Ford Motor Co. will outfit a variety of pickups, vans and sport/utility vehicles with a diesel engine the company is developing.

Details about the 4.4-liter, turbocharged V-8 were leaked to the Internet after being revealed at a dealer show this month in Las Vegas.

Ford had confirmed that a new diesel would be installed in the F-150 pickup and Expedition sport/utility vehicle starting in 2010. But Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealers at the show learned that the engine also will be used in the Lincoln Navigator sport/utility vehicle and Ford E-series vans and in the Super Duty version of the F-series pickup. Ford's new diesel, designed in-house, likely will be made at Ford's Chihuahua, Mexico, engine plant.

At the dealer show, held at the Bellagio Hotel, dealers saw a placard comparing the engine's performance with that of the current 5.4-liter gasoline engine.

The new diesel, which is closely related to the 3.6-liter turbodiesel used in European Land Rovers and Jaguars, delivers 9 percent more power than the 5.4-liter gasoline engine and 15 percent more torque. The new diesel has about the same 0 to 60 mph acceleration but gets 20 percent better fuel economy.