The false procedure of the boxes
If the diesel engine does not produce Co2, like the gasoline engine, it has the problem of producing more Nox or oxides of nitrogen, as a residue of combustion. Even this is not in pollutant, but an irritating compound for those who breathe it, only that the No2 or No3 are the basis of all fertilizer products. That is if Co2 is the "breath" of plants, Nox is the "food" of the same, this is a very simplified concept to meet your scientific knowledge just to clarify. A graduate or a professor could pull our ears, but this is not a scientific treatise, it's a popular article so don't break and keep reading. In the USA the Nox were responsible for the redness of the air, especially in California, and were the product of the combustion of large gasoline engines typical of America. To fight the Nox have passed restrictive regulations, putting out, in fact, the diesel, which in fact in the U.S. are used by large trucks. In Europe, however, with the progress of technology, in addition to emitting less Co2 with diesel now have also reduced emissions of NOx, so in the U.S. China and Japan, having to meet these standards, would have found themselves with the European industry advantaged. So, to prevent Europeans from invading these markets with their products, they have invented increasingly strict rules but above all a series of Fake news against diesel that in Europe some politicians have done in the name of a Taliban management, ignorant and misleading of the problem. In other words, an enemy has been identified to be fought, something that until recently was missing. And that is beautiful and good demagogy.
THE BAD EXAMPLE TOYOTA, JAPANESE AND USA
The war on diesel was fought by several foreign companies. Toyota, abolishing diesel engines from their price list, wanted to propose themselves as a bulwark in favor of nature. After all, they are the fathers of the hybrid and therefore, having developed this technology first, it did not seem true to them to propagate their philosophical vision. If we have to say it all, Toyota didn't know how to make diesel and even using BMW's on some models, they managed to do worse than the originals. Nobody says that because Toyota, as an investor, is one that takes a lot of money and so the press pretends not to know and not to see. But if you look at the Co2 values they should face in Japan, you realize that the choice of diesel would have been perfect (if only they knew how to do it, which Honda, for example, has managed to do and list a modern and effective engine). But not having technology at home and having hybrids we opted for this solution while maintaining values higher than Co2. In practice, by lowering these thresholds, to show how virtuous Europe is, the European manufacturers have hammered themselves in the basis because now, with the limits of Co2 to be respected and the diesel to be scrapped, they find themselves having to chase the Japanese for the hybrid (and this explains why the Renault group is working hard on the electric, The only other viable solution but not in the short term and with certain numbers) while in the U.S. with Trump do not give a damn about pollution, limits and continue to do as he pleases with much higher emissions in absolute, so much the fools are Europeans that with the war on diesel are cheating with their hands.
UNRAE WHAT DOES? MICHELE CRISCI DICTATES THE GUIDELINES
To make it clear that the fight against diesel is a beautiful and good corbelleria we would need information and technical data. In Italy, Unrae, the association of foreign manufacturers, with its president Michele Crisci is trying to make it clear, especially to local governments, how misleading it is to make certain decisions. "There are three problems. The first is to have uniform legislation throughout the country, because it is absurd that Milan does one thing, Piacenza and Modena, so without a uniform law and management you end up not solving any real problem. Secondly, like Unrae, we sent the data to the mayors of some municipalities. In Rome, the Euro 6 diesel blockade is useless as well as counterproductive. In Rome they represent 3.8 percent of the circulating fleet, while more than 40 is represented by vehicles pre-Euro 4, so blocking this small part is useless and penalizes those who have spent and invested in a new car and discourages those who instead from an old would like to change. In Turin, on the other hand, the same political administration, the mayor has understood and modified the resolutions, taking advantage of what we have given. Third point: infrastructure. We talk about electric and hybrid plug-in. I'm just saying that in Holland, which is about the size of Lombardy, there are 30,000 electric charging stations and yet these cars do not take off, they are only a small part. In Italy, you will have