Ah, so what I'm gathering is that the anti-SUV crowd wasn't being accurate with their assertion that SUV's pollute more because they burn more gas.....so a '09 Canyonero with so-so mileage could theoretically pollute less than a '99 Civic?
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Yes. In fact, most lawnmowers make waaaay more pollution than any modern car since they don't have any emission-control devices, even though they use only a fraction of the fuel.
Speaking of pollution, doesn't industry and agriculture account for 99% of all pollution? Yet they pick on vehicles and paint the picture like they are the evil doers?
I'm just waiting to see catalytic converters and fuel injection on my Briggs & Stratton engines.
I'm just waiting to see catalytic converters and fuel injection on my Briggs & Stratton engines.
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I'm just waiting to see catalytic converters and fuel injection on my Briggs & Stratton engines.
A few posters in the lawn mower section have mentioned converters on their new week wackers. The catalytic converters last about 10 hours and then they are shot. After that you just run it with a defective exhaust.
All that extra expense for such little benefit doesn't make much sense to me.
I'm just waiting to see catalytic converters and fuel injection on my Briggs & Stratton engines.
A few posters in the lawn mower section have mentioned converters on their new week wackers. The catalytic converters last about 10 hours and then they are shot. After that you just run it with a defective exhaust.
All that extra expense for such little benefit doesn't make much sense to me.
They have CC's for small engines already.
Older engines produce more non-CO2 pollutants such as NOX and CO. But CO numbers are closely tied to fuel economy, so if two cars get the same fuel economy, I'd expect their CO2 output to be essentially the same.
Older engines produce more non-CO2 pollutants such as NOX and CO. But CO numbers are closely tied to fuel economy, so if two cars get the same fuel economy, I'd expect their CO2 output to be essentially the same.
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Ah, so what I'm gathering is that the anti-SUV crowd wasn't being accurate with their assertion that SUV's pollute more because they burn more gas.....so a '09 Canyonero with so-so mileage could theoretically pollute less than a '99 Civic?
No.
An '09 Canyonero will never pollute less than an '09 Civic. That is the point. What the heck does a 10 year-old car have to do with the argument?
Ah, so what I'm gathering is that the anti-SUV crowd wasn't being accurate with their assertion that SUV's pollute more because they burn more gas.....so a '09 Canyonero with so-so mileage could theoretically pollute less than a '99 Civic?
No.
An '09 Canyonero will never pollute less than an '09 Civic. That is the point. What the heck does a 10 year-old car have to do with the argument?
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