The long term solution to global warming is 1/3 extreme conservation, 1/3 conversion of gasoline powered cars to electric, and 1/3 increased conversion to generation of electrical energy by nuclear power. (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
Because even clean diesel powered vehicles create more CO2 gas than fuel - efficient gasoline powered vehicles or hybrid vehicles, they also have a larger carbon footprint. (hybridcars.com)
Other models, including gasoline powered engines are much quieter than they used to be and the running engine may go unnoticed by the driver. (myvirginiainjurylawyer.com)