The argument between diesels and gas has gone on for years. Diesel, which is being used in almost every industry from agricultural to moving goods down highways and railroads. Diesel tends to get better gas mileage and has better output for horsepower and torque. While, gets slightly lower gas mileage but the retail cost of gas is cheaper. Critics of diesel claim that diesel should not be used, because in early diesel engines emitted large amounts of nitrogen oxide. Since the EPA (environmental Protection Agency) has issued tough emission standards for any new diesel engines, the amount of pollutants that diesel engines emit has drastically gone down. Since the diesel powered machinery is more efficient, industry like the railroad and container
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The major difference between diesel and gasoline is the way these explosions happen. In a gasoline engine, fuel is mixed with air, compressed by pistons and ignited by sparks from spark plugs. In a diesel engine, however, the air is compressed first, and then the fuel is injected. Because air heats up when it's compressed, the fuel ignites. Diesel engines do not contain spark plug, that makes it intake air and compress it, and then it injects the fuel directly into the combustion chamber (direct injection). It is the heat of the compressed air that lights the fuel in a diesel engine. This process typically enables the engine to deliver 25 to 30 percent better fuel economy than similarly performing gasoline engines. Diesels also can deliver as much or more fuel economy than traditional gasoline-electric hybrids, depending on the models involved and whatever rapidly developing automotive technology achieves. Since diesel fuel is one of the most efficient and energy dense fuels available today and it contains more usable energy than gasoline, which makes it deliver better fuel economy compared to its gas powered
The major difference between diesel and gasoline is the way these explosions happen. In a gasoline engine, fuel is mixed with air, compressed by pistons and ignited by sparks from spark plugs. In a diesel engine, however, the air is compressed first, and then the fuel is injected. Because air heats up when it's compressed, the fuel ignites. Diesel engines do not contain spark plug, that makes it intake air and compress it, and then it injects the fuel directly into the combustion chamber (direct injection). It is the heat of the compressed air that lights the fuel in a diesel engine. This process typically enables the engine to deliver 25 to 30 percent better fuel economy than similarly performing gasoline engines. Diesels also can deliver as much or more fuel economy than traditional gasoline-electric hybrids, depending on the models involved and whatever rapidly developing automotive technology achieves. Since diesel fuel is one of the most efficient and energy dense fuels available today and it contains more usable energy than gasoline, which makes it deliver better fuel economy compared to its gas powered