Volvo actually had some coating on their radiators that converted ozone to
oxygen. Not sure if they still have it.
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From: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
To: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:26:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] OT : Tesla - in the flesh!!
I thought that was Volvo?
On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Barney Gaylord wrote:
> At 10:45 AM 2/27/2009 -0600, Paul Root wrote:
>> .... there's a lot of sticking ones head in the sand of environmentalists
>that think a Zero emission car has no environmental effect from it's use.
>> ....
>
> We all know that electric cars pollute by way of what comes out of the
>electrical power generating plant. So how about a REAL practical negative
>pollution vehicle? Some years ago when the government was mandating
>production of "zero pollution" vehicles, Honda built a negative pollution
>vehicle that runs on common gasoline, and you wouldn't know it from any other
>gasoline powered car. They put catalyst plating on the outside of the cooling
>radiator. The radiator then removed more pollutants from the ambient air than
>the car was emitting from the tail pipe, thus making it a negative pollution
>vehicle, actually cleaning the air as you drove.
>
> You can guess where that went. Bureaucrats with a vested interest in
>electric cars shot it down because the emissions standards only consider tail
>pipe emissions. Ignoring negative emissions of the catalytic radiator, is
>just as stupid as ignoring positive emissions of coal fired electric power
>plants.
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