[SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn

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    That car had NO catalytic converter.  The only 
pollution device was a canister of activated charcoal to 
reclaim fuel vapors from the tank. As far as the NO, I 
saw a science fair project where the student found that 
the "oxygenated" gasoline increased nitrogen-oxygen 
compounds about 300%, it burned faster so fuel economy 
was less and the reduction of CO was not as claimed.  
Yet this is what we have to put up with until this new 
testing goes into effect.  Then you'll see the end of 
oxygenated gasoline.  To get back on topic, maybe if 
Honda put a SPARC run computer in their Civic CVCC car 
when the Government demanded they put a computer in 
their cars then the mileage might not have gone from 62 
mpg highway down to the 40s.  An IPX only draw about 40 
watts. Hmmm........
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that hydrogen cars and motorcycles would be a much more
> > satisfactory "green" solution than regular old electric cars, especially
> > to people who like performance.
> 
> Not necessarily.  Storage is still the showstopper, with the best progress
> being made with organometallic hydrides.  Propane, CNG and methanol all
> possess better storage and reasonably good combustion characteristics.
> 
> > companies interested in rolling out hydrogen fleet vehicles.  In the US
> > there are a number of bus companies that use hydrogen.
> 
> For short haul applications.  You cannot get any kind of reasonable range
> using compressed H2 in a tank.
> 
> > > > >     Actually you would be polluting less walking or
> > > > > riding a bicycle..so there!  Removing some the anti-
> > > > > pollution crap on the car will increase gas mileage
> > > > > without increasing pollution if you keep the engine
> > > > > tuned.  I had a 73 Corolla with 1.6 l engine and a two
> 
> No.  The only exception that comes to mind is a dead catalytic converter.
> Remember that emissions testing equipment does not usually measure NOx,
> and only recently have some areas started testing emissions under load
> with a dyno.  Altering ignition advance mechanisms may increase milage
> slightly and even decrease CO and HC, but will sharply increase NOx.
> 
> Could we get any more off-topic here?  Maybe if I started talking about
> embedded SPARC processors in automotive applications?
> 
> -James
> 
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