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Old 22nd May 2019, 09:46 AM
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Well i never thought of those BIG ships before
That is some serious poolooshun
Now i feel ok about my diesel cars
Infact im going to buy another

just kidding
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Old 22nd May 2019, 01:12 PM
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But it is not only derv that these people are knocking;
They are now shouting about the aircraft exhausts, and that is not diesel.
Avgas is a petrol.
Avtur is a turpentine.
So what next will they complain about?
I don't know why, but at first glance I thought you were speaking in verse there Ray. I was almost disappointed to find it didn't rhyme.

May I suggest a rhyming alternative:

But it is not only derv that these people are knocking;
They are now shouting about the aircraft exhausts, and that's shocking.
Avgas is a petrol.
Avtur is a turpentine.
About what next will they find to whine?

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Old 22nd May 2019, 11:26 PM
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Nice one, Mark.
I was never poetically minded
Even tho' grammatically ded?
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Old 24th May 2019, 09:32 AM
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Seems Audi are still pushing diesel...

https://www.evo.co.uk/audi/s6/22682/...new-tdi-engine
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Old 24th May 2019, 03:34 PM
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Well i never thought of those BIG ships before
That is some serious poolooshun
Now i feel ok about my diesel cars
Infact im going to buy another

just kidding
"...particulates emitted from ships were estimated to cause 60,000 deaths each year worldwide"

That is way more than terrorism. But what is making the headlines? I can't afford to milkshake a supertanker.
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Old 24th May 2019, 04:44 PM
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Seems Audi are still pushing diesel...

https://www.evo.co.uk/audi/s6/22682/...new-tdi-engine
Quote: "You do of course lack a strident exhaust note and the continued rush of acceleration to a higher red line that a petrol might offer, but those will always remain available in the more serious RS6"

First time I've heard the RS6 described as "serious"
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First time I've heard the RS6 described as "serious"
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Old 27th May 2019, 08:39 AM
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"...particulates emitted from ships were estimated to cause 60,000 deaths each year worldwide"
I don't get this, we are all going to die once and so there can't be any additional deaths - so they could argue premature deaths but that can only ever be a guess and flies in the face of increasing life-expectancy, even in the most grossly smog polluted countries of China and India where incidentally the life expectancy is broadly increasing at the same rate as the cleanest places such as Iceland and Siberia.

https://www.google.com/search?q=china+life+expectancy

https://www.google.com/search?q=india+life+expectancy
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