Let's ignore the flamebait tone of M&F for a sec, and fix some misconceptions.

1) Any Car with batteries is a step backwards. Batteries eventually need to be replaced, and waste batteries are often toxic... not to mention if you have an accident, and "get some on you".

2) TDI racecars? Well... there are several. There's a Soy powered TDI SCCA Pro-Rally car that does extremely well. Low end torque is not best on the track. Just as revving out to 6+k is less than practical on the street.

3) Diesel pollution? The biggest knee-jerk misconception. These things aren't MB diesels of the past, nor are they belching 18 wheelers. You'd be hard pressed to see any soot from my TDi. Greenhouse gasses? Go to http://www.fueleconomy.gov and look at TDI greenhouse emissions.

Particulates are a controversial matter. Do they cause cancer? Does the char on BBQ chicken cause cancer? Just because some particulates cause cancer, does not mean that all of them do. And Diesel soot is too large to be absorbed by the lungs... unlike the particulates created in gasoline engines.

And that's all with Non-renewable high sulphur Dino-Diesel that we're stuck with in this country.

Look at Bio-Diesel, and you might even start waving the flag. It's renewable. It's growable by American farmers. The refining process (as with Dino) is far less energy intensive than refining gasoline. It burns clean, and smells good.

Most people who make claims against diesel are relying on old arguments, and have clearly never driven one.