"From what I understand, old cars (i.e. pre-smog, '74 and earlier) make up
only
5%
of all the cars on the road, but account for approximately half---50%---of
all automobile pollution".
The big power companies received, and probably still do to a greater
degree, "pollution credits" for crushing cars that wouldn't pass
inspection. $75 each for cars that were usually not running or licensed,
therefore not polluting, so the power companies could dump as they pleased.
5% causing 50%? How can they ( the oil/car makers ) quote to us
numbers like that with a straight face? When was the last time we saw a 1970
Chevelle SS that smoked? Tires don't count! Any English cars at events?
Maybe smoke whispers from a 100% original TD putting on 500 miles per year.
A Corvette? No way!
We taxpayers paid Chrysler in the late 70's to develop and build an
electric car that got the equivlant of 200 MPG in a Horizon. 65MPH top
speed and a 130 mile range. It worked, and now we are paying the big three
to do it again... I could live with 200MPG and 65 MPH, not when I
autocross, but to haul my fat butt around town, you bet! I don't care what
the car looks like... even a Horizon....( making a face )
I digress, I used all pollution controls but the Catalytic Converters
from my SD1 when I installed the 3.5 in my Spitfire. Installing the O2
sensors on my custom exhaust was extra labor, but why mess with engineering
that works?
SDSteve
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