A "major breakthrough" in diesel technology significantly reduces emissions
Reducing NOx is one a fine and noble effort, but there&#x27;s not much new in this BOSCH corporate press release. However, there are plenty of technologies for reducing diesel engine NOx (1), including Selective Catalytic Reducers (SCR&#x27;s), Exhaust Gas Recirculaters (EGR), and even injecting water into atomized diesel.<p>Further, reducing NOx is one thing, but you still have other harmful emissions notably SOx and black carbon. So to Dr Volkmar Denner, CEO of Bosch, who says: “There’s a future for diesel. Today, we want to put a stop, once and for all, to the debate about the demise of diesel technology.&quot; I respectfully argue that until you can make Diesel as clean as H2 fuel cell, the push to eliminate diesel burning engines will go on.<p>For my money, the best environmentally sustainable &#x27;fuel&#x27; is electric via Hydrogen&#x2F;Air powered fuel cell, in which the hydrogen is generated by electrolysis powered by renewable generators (wind, solar, hydro). We&#x27;ve seen a significant push in the Maritime sector towards conversions of diesel engines to LNG-fueled engines. However, LNG (which may have significant methane slip - a really BAD greenhouse gas - if you&#x27;re not careful) isn&#x27;t nearly as clean as H2.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;clean-carbonenergy.com&#x2F;nox-emissions.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;clean-carbonenergy.com&#x2F;nox-emissions.html</a>