[Healeys] EPA Takes First Step

[Bob Spidell]

The new EPA estimates seem to be much better; e.g. they call for 16 city/24 hwy 
for my Mustang, and that's about right (the city est. might be just a smidgen 
optimistic).  Can even get over 24mpg hwy if I keep it under 90 ;)


bs


Alan Seigrist wrote:
> 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 at 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


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