"dennis@home" wrote in message
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"Toby Douglass" wrote in
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What they probably mean is that by introducing cleaner diesels (in the
particulate/smog sense) they have persuaded new buyers to pick a diesel
50% of the time, but that market is now saturated and if they want to
further reduce their *carbon* emissions they must look elsewhere than
sell people the better-mpg diesels which have been achieving that goal
so far.

Hasn't diesel caused a huge soot problem? they emit a lot more
particulate matter?


Only the older engines on public transport and lorries.
New cars emit virtually nothing.


But they don't stay new.