Are EPA Diesel Emission regulations regulating Truck owners?
As a result of EPA regulations, today’s diesel engines are more efficient than ever before seen in large and midsized trucks. Certain regulations restrict truck owners from using certain truck models, because of excess diesel emission. Increasing drastically as technology improves, cars and trucks produce less and less diesel exhausts and emissions. “But because diesel engines can operate for 30 years or more, millions of older, dirtier engines are still in use,” (Epa.Gov). Reducing exposure to diesel exhaust from these engines is especially important for the preservation of human health and the environment. According to the EPA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, …show more content…
Diesel fuel tends to be thick and full of precipitates, or clumps. Many cars and trucks need to be oiled and maintained frequently, to ensure their efficiency. As EPA regulations passed, the use of diesel exhaust fluids in maintaining cars and trucks that can produce large amounts of exhaust was mandated. Diesel exhaust fluids are not needed in a diesel truck, because by the time the diesel fluid hits the Diesel particulate filter, the diesel is disintegrated. The diesel exhaust fluid is burned at 600 degrees before getting to the filter, usually burning up only to temporarily lube the gears like lotion to skin. Diesel fluids are just another example of unnecessary responsibilities truck owners have to maintain to keep in touch with legal standards. While many truck owners worry about DPF affecting their wallets with no long term reason to be using the diesel fluids, they had to understand the diesels used in communities and how it affects their exhausts. Types of diesel determine the exhausts physically seen, for example, low sulfur diesel produces smoke, but not as much as the high sulfur diesel, producing a thicker blacker smoke. Diesel exhaust fluids can also cause smokes to recirculate in diesel engines, usually creating a large cloud of black smoke and sometimes popping or “shooting.” Recirculating diesel gasses into the motor will produce soot in the oil and will ruin motors for truck owners. Truck owners can literally create clogs in their trucks because of the regulations placed by the EPA, such regulations limiting the access to diesel exhaust in certain models. A diesel truck with a DPF will get less miles per gallon than a truck without it, also putting truck owners at a disadvantage for fuel economy. Some truck owners would rather sell their current models and buy other means of transportation, but this problem is not only for truck owners at
As a result of EPA regulations, today’s diesel engines are more efficient than ever before seen in large and midsized trucks. Certain regulations restrict truck owners from using certain truck models, because of excess diesel emission. Increasing drastically as technology improves, cars and trucks produce less and less diesel exhausts and emissions. “But because diesel engines can operate for 30 years or more, millions of older, dirtier engines are still in use,” (Epa.Gov). Reducing exposure to diesel exhaust from these engines is especially important for the preservation of human health and the environment. According to the EPA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, …show more content…
Diesel fuel tends to be thick and full of precipitates, or clumps. Many cars and trucks need to be oiled and maintained frequently, to ensure their efficiency. As EPA regulations passed, the use of diesel exhaust fluids in maintaining cars and trucks that can produce large amounts of exhaust was mandated. Diesel exhaust fluids are not needed in a diesel truck, because by the time the diesel fluid hits the Diesel particulate filter, the diesel is disintegrated. The diesel exhaust fluid is burned at 600 degrees before getting to the filter, usually burning up only to temporarily lube the gears like lotion to skin. Diesel fluids are just another example of unnecessary responsibilities truck owners have to maintain to keep in touch with legal standards. While many truck owners worry about DPF affecting their wallets with no long term reason to be using the diesel fluids, they had to understand the diesels used in communities and how it affects their exhausts. Types of diesel determine the exhausts physically seen, for example, low sulfur diesel produces smoke, but not as much as the high sulfur diesel, producing a thicker blacker smoke. Diesel exhaust fluids can also cause smokes to recirculate in diesel engines, usually creating a large cloud of black smoke and sometimes popping or “shooting.” Recirculating diesel gasses into the motor will produce soot in the oil and will ruin motors for truck owners. Truck owners can literally create clogs in their trucks because of the regulations placed by the EPA, such regulations limiting the access to diesel exhaust in certain models. A diesel truck with a DPF will get less miles per gallon than a truck without it, also putting truck owners at a disadvantage for fuel economy. Some truck owners would rather sell their current models and buy other means of transportation, but this problem is not only for truck owners at