BlackBeerd wrote:
These mods to the cars might have killed efficiencies, but the output of the exhaust was much better for the earth . . . the automotive industry has made great gains in efficiency while still controlling dangerous emissions.
Those were poor applications of technology that, I have to admit, has done us a lot of good in the long haul.
my question always was, "What was the net gain of ppm of pollutants if a car was using 1/3 more gas to travel the same distance, and burning that much more fuel?" If, for instance, the drop in emissions was 1/3 lower per gallon of fuel, it would be a wash-- except for the oil companies, where it would be a definite gain! And yet, no one ever seemed to have those numbers.
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