Clean diesel engines will power heavy-duty vehicles in the US
for decades, according to its Department of Energy. The National
Petroleum Council’s two-year study looked at the industry and
Government’s potential actions that could reduce the country’s
greenhouse gas emissions from transportation by 50% by 2050. The
report claimed clean diesel engines would continue to be the
power source due to its efficiency. Allen Schaeffer, Executive
Director of the Diesel Technology Forum said: “Diesel’s
unmatched combination of availability, safety, energy-efficiency
and economical operation and performance has made it the
technology of choice, but it is also the environmental
performance and prospects for even greater energy efficiency
that make it the technology of choice for the future. “The
advances in diesel technology have improved efficiency and
significantly reduced emission to the point that diesel engines
are now near zero emissions.”