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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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Diesel is on it's way out because of the particulates they emit. There's no viable tech to reduce this, and national/state/regional/local regulations are all over the place. Too much chaos to bother investing the time and research. It's not that diesels are expensive. They've been mass produced for 100+ years. The problem today is any investment in them is risky and companies don't like/can't afford the time + money + risk involved. DEF and particulate filters on the exhaust haven't worked out well. Regulators want to keep throttling back emissions like they have done with gasoline engines already. There's no way to win producing a "street legal" diesel. On the industrial/tractor/offroad front, little has changed really. Far less regulatory uncertainty there compared to the consumer space.
Diesel was great tech, for a time, but at this point all diesels are dinosaurs whose days are numbered. They simply pollute too much and in ways that are pernicious and harmful to public health.