Kees - assuming these old cars use more fuel is a misguided stereotype
- a sprite will get 40++ mpg and a BN1 / BN2 will get 25+ mpg. Even
the BN1 gets better mileage than the average passenger car based on US
EPA statistics, and those figures are usually inflated by 15%.
On 4/18/09, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
> As older cars generaly use more fuel the CO2 emissions are higher than
> in modern cars. You are confusing CO2 with NOx. If CO is high NOx may be
> low and v.v., although it is an approximation.
> The catalist reduces the emissions of smelly hydrocarbons )unburned
> fuel), and no odour, poisonous CO, carbonmonoxide, turning it into H2O,
> water, and CO2, carbondioxide, which an asphixiate in much higher than
> natural concentrations.
> The CO in the atmosphere is turned into CO2 by green plants and algae,
> so although potentially unpleasant it has little effect in open space.
> Very unpleasant are the hydrocarbons and NOx, they can be the cause of
> smog and ozone with low winds, sunshine and high temperatures in
> enclosed cities.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> Richard Ewald schreef:
>> Before everybody hits the panic button, you might want to look at the six
>> gasses they are talking about.
>> Carbon Dioxide is actually lower on an old car than it is on a new car.
>> Back in the day cars spewed out very high carbon monoxide emissions, and
>> therefore have very low carbon dioxide emissions. The Cat converter on a
>> modern car converts the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. As far as
>> global
>> warming goes my old LBC is greener than a 2009 model car. Of course you
>> would not want to start an old LBC in an enclosed garage. :-)
>> So you have a paradox. Bad for smog = good for global warming. Good for
>> smog = bqd for global warming. So I guess the question becomes, do you
>> want
>> to breathe, or use SPF 30,000 sunblock?
>> The other five gases listed are not used in automobiles (with the possible
>> exception of nitrous)
>>
>> While I agree we need to ep our eyes open, I am not yet ready to freak out
>> over this.
>>
>> Rick
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