Diesel vs Gas environmental impact

[omgwtfbyobbq]

New Beetle. 05 was the last year there were similar sized engines. 1.9L versus 2L.

[SVOboy]

VW still sells a v5 in japan, weirdness...

[omgwtfbyobbq]

V5? Do you mean the 2.5L I5?

[SVOboy]

It said V5 on the back, that's all I know about it.

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Oh, looks like a badge name. Like a GTI or R32 or something...

[SVOboy]

Ah, makes more sense.

[vt420]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V5_engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...170_hp_2.3_VR5

V5... more correctly VR5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_RC211V also v5

Jeff

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Crazy! I never knew the VR6 wasn't strictly a V engine.

[2TonJellyBean]

And the VW W-12 engine that's derived from the VR6 sure isn't a 'W'!

[northboundtrain]

Here's the info: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420f05001.htm Diesel has 14% more carbon content, and so it emits 14% more carbon than gas per gallon. This means a gasser getting 40 mpg emits the same as a diesel getting almost 46 mpg. So I guess the claims by diesel advocates are generally inflated, though it must be admitted that a diesel will often exceed a 14% mpg gain over a comparable gasser. Sorry for asking a question I could have easily looked up, but I'm also interested in the overall impact of one fuel vs the other. If anyone has info on refining impacts, I'd appreciate it. Thanks