Originally Posted by
oldford
Several big truck company's like Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit diesel and others argued this in court pretty much the same way.
They lost and ended up paying 1 billion dollar. See:
http://jalopnik.com/how-the-epa-won-...-be-1732109485
I personally find it a very good thing that VW has been caught. Other countries like Switserland, Italy, Germany, South-Korea are also starting investigations. The European Union is talking to their American counterpart, but I don't think they can do much, because of the way the EOBD law has been written. They forgot to add the penalties for infringements.
Now maybe I am biased as a cancer-patient and more cancer-patients in my family.
But I'll guarantee you, that you will change your opinion once you or one of your beloved ones get's cancer, especially when it's something the doctor's have never or rarely seen before.
If you think diesel fumes are the only carcinogenic stuff out there, you're crazy.
And no, it hasnt changed my opinion, but certainly it has been known for decades that diesel is a dirty carcinogenic fuel when it comes out the other end.
But when governments do virtually nothing to promote or encourage the use of cleaner fuels to build cars that will run on cleaner fuels eg LPG or E85 etc...and diesels when they work are cheaper to run...what the hell do they expect people to want to drive ?
So equally the governments are to blame for the popularity of diesels.