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Environmentally conscious Medford woman latest to join VW lawsuit brigade
By adamg on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 8:19am
Jennifer Kerwood of Medford this week joined at least two other Massachusetts VW/Audi buyers in suing Volkswagen Group of America over the diesel fraud.
And as with the other two, Kerwood is seeking to become lead plaintiff in a class action against the company over the software that shut off part of her car's pollution-control system while on the road.
In her lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Boston, Kerwood said she and her husband never would have bought a new Jetta TDI in 2010 had they known about this:
The Kerwoods live a “green” lifestyle, are environmentally conscious, and bought this vehicle believing that it was better for the environment than gasoline powered cars.
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who on earth thinks that any
who on earth thinks that any diesel powered anything is better than gasoline. it burns dirtier. getting better MPG <> less pollutants. This is on par with people who drive around on vespas saying they're getting 100mpg and I'm doing my part. Real world: doesn't matter that you're getting 100MPG. Vespas don't have cats on the exhaust. You're driving the equivalent of a ford excursion as far as pollutants go. mpg<>pollutants!
Actually.... it's not that clear
Diesels: More CO2. Less CO. More NOx but can be dealt with by catalytic converters or urea injection. Particulates an issue.
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/160424/
New Diesels have particulate filters
Older diesels still don't, although many have been retrofitted.
That said, particulate traps regenerating is what creates the NOx emissions.
Diesel has 15% more energy per gallon, and refining both of them also produces emissions that Anon isn't considering.
Let's be real - money conscious would be more accurate
The ink has barely dried on the headlines. It's better to be lead plaintiff than one of the thousands of others. Plus it's a slam dunk case.
Well, it's better if you're the lawyer
I'm not sure the plaintiff gets a larger slice of any settlement, though.
Read an article a while back
about an airline that stiffed customers on free drink coupons. Invisible ink or date shenanigans or something. Class action suit, lawyers got $1.3 mill, I believe.
Customers got coupons for free drinks on their next flight.
It's easy being green
When the green you seek is cash.
If they're so 'green' they should be riding bikes, taking the T and/or driving electric cars.