Well now, DubVee, many can understand your viewpoint and see why you reacted with that answer, but consider this: RIGHT NOW in America there's a huge battle going on. There's the ultra-Green wackos pushing for the outlawing of internal combustion engines, period. From there less rabid of that sort push for stronger pollution standards, multi-fuel etc. We are now, today, fighting desperately for the survival of IC engines of any type!
Currently the best bet for long term performance and minimum pollution is the diesel. We really do have to do all we can to encourage the use of diesel, because other fuel alternatives are intentionally hopeless dead ends. If the Ultra-Greens can push the performance level downward, like with bio-alky, then it's a short jump to demanding all electric.
What we, you, me, Crusty Nut and other members of this forum and the diesel community, want is to PROMOTE diesel, in a kindly manner. We need to PROVE that diesel is the answer and not multi-fuel or electric or hybrids. So I would guess that Crusty is just as PRO-DIESEL as you are, and isn't in fact a wimpy sappy piece of, you know, hippy. I ask that you retract your answer to him for the sake of the diesel cause, because we NEED each other! I believe that you simply misunderstood his intentions which are good and are in your favor. I also ask Crusty's gentlemanly forgiveness of DubVee's exuberance, and possibly relative youth.
We need to fight the fight together, not at each other's throats!