Old diesel vehicles are horrific polluters.
It sounds like this telescope needs to be relocated to the Moon. There just aren't many places on this planet left where you can avoid EMI/RFI, and where anyone would want to live.
It sounds like this telescope needs to be relocated to the Moon. There just aren't many places on this planet left where you can avoid EMI/RFI, and where anyone would want to live.
TLDR: the moon probably isn’t an ideal location.
Ultimately the telescope will have to find a way to cope with the modern EM environment. Moving off-planet does have some incredible advantages if the budget is there. Failing that, modern signal processing can work miracles, compared to what was available when the Green Bank site was commissioned. I assure you that forcing everyone in the vicinity to drive older diesel vehicles is not the right solution, whatever the problems may be.