In article , Dave Plowman writes:
In article ,
D.P.Round wrote:
Petrol engines are cheap to make which is why they are used in cars.

That's just bollox.

Which bit? Petrol engines are cheap to make? They are simpler and use
less materials. Petrol engins are used in everything from a chainsaw
size to car sized. In this range their cost of manufacture, simplicity
and weight are more important than their efficiency.

Or they are used in cars because they are cheaper? I don't know many
people, excepting those who have a luxury car, who would not choose a
diesel car over a petrol one if they were the same price. Diesels are
consistently more expensive like for like and towards the bottom
of the market this becomes more pronounced.

Everything else uses diesel.

Because everything else is some form of commercial vehicle where driver
enjoyment and or refinement doesn't matter?


No, because efficiency is important. Refinement does matter but the efficiency
gap becomes too significant to ignore at that scale.

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