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Re:How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works by creato on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:03PM (#23707309)
I agree most gas powered vehicles are basically odorless and have low impact on the air that is noticeable to a human.

However, even a single diesel vehicle can make the air in a half-block radius harder to breathe for minutes after it passes, even relatively recent ones. It is really shocking to me that such vehicles are legal, even if only by grandfathering in. Maybe I'm uniquely sensitive to them or something.

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Re:How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works by paulmd on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:32PM (#23709355)
Even worse, companies actively seek them out because they are super reliable and will run for up to a million miles or more. In principle you are not allowed to make any more but there are companies selling "glider kits" that are basically an engineless truck that you can drop your old engine into.
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