Re:Diesel with or without Biodiesel is a good star (Score 1)

Let's cut Capsaicin Boy a little slack. After all, he did mention that a fraction of the fuel is using is biodiesel.

Here's a link to a DOE summary about the benefits of biodiesel:

www.nrel.gov (248KB 2-page .pdf)

Summary:

• Biodiesel is made from vegetable oil and alcohol (methanol)
• It's biodegradeable
• There's no sulphur in biodiesel, so there are no sulphur dioxide emissions
• ...read .pdf for more

So, while your statement that "gasoline drivers use more fuel and pollute less" may be true, if people with diesel autos choose to use biodiesel (or even a percentage of biodiesel), pollution levels will go down.