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catalyzer is supposed to efficiently reduce the emissions of carbon
dioxide Did you do chemistry at school ? Oil based fuels are hydrocarbons, basically a mixture of carbon & hydrogen. When they burn perfectly the carbon becomes carbon dioxide and the hydrogen become water. If it doesn't burn perfectly that carbon produces carbon monoxide. Other ****ty constituents in the fuel, like sulphur produces other noxious products. There isn't anything you can do about creating that carbon dioxide, that's the best you can hope for. This happens with perfect clean combustion. Oh, I didn't do chemistry at school ;-) Now look at my photographs and maps of Asia at www.peteloud.co.uk Cheers, Pete Loud "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ... "Pete Loud" kirjoitti k... Diesel vehicles cause pollution, but petrol vehicles with a catalyser filter have almost zero pollution. It all depends on what you regard as pollution. Even perfectly setup diesel and petrol engines chuck out vast amounts of carbon dioxide. That's what happens when you burn oil based fuels, even clean oil. Carbon dioxide is what's supposed to be causing global warming. I regard that carbon dioxide as pollutant. I thought that this meant to a Asia travel newsgroup :-( When the engine is warm, the catalyzer is supposed to efficiently reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide. It is all different when one starts an engine which has been idle for hours or days in subzero temperatures. Car must be driven a few kilometers until the catalyzer begins to filter decently. Naturally there are heating systems (typically electric) which keep engines warm as if it was summer when outdoor temperatures are low as in Siberia. This also improves the odds to ignite the engine in the first place (if there is any life in car's battery, cold much discharge batteries). |
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"Pete Loud" kirjoitti k... catalyzer is supposed to efficiently reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide There isn't anything you can do about creating that carbon dioxide, that's the best you can hope for. This happens with perfect clean combustion. Oh, I didn't do chemistry at school ;-) I obviously missed you somewhere. |
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"Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti ... "Pete Loud" kirjoitti k... catalyzer is supposed to efficiently reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide There isn't anything you can do about creating that carbon dioxide, that's the best you can hope for. This happens with perfect clean combustion. Oh, I didn't do chemistry at school ;-) I obviously missed you somewhere. Now I can see the light. Yes, I was totally wrong with the substance. I had primarily those hydrocarbons in mind. |
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Doh!
Mr. magoo slaps himself on the forehead Markku Grönroos wrote: "Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti ... "Pete Loud" kirjoitti k... catalyzer is supposed to efficiently reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide There isn't anything you can do about creating that carbon dioxide, that's the best you can hope for. This happens with perfect clean combustion. Oh, I didn't do chemistry at school ;-) I obviously missed you somewhere. Now I can see the light. Yes, I was totally wrong with the substance. I had primarily those hydrocarbons in mind. |
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"Alfred Molon" erred...
Diesel vehicles cause pollution, but petrol vehicles with a catalyser filter have almost zero pollution. Even allowing for the previously posted corrections - a cat only begins to function properly when sufficiently warm (and the lag increases with age) - up until then it is actually _worse_ than a non-catted old-style engine. Short hops in your car don't get things properly heated, so around town they are not doing a lot of good at all! |
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In article ,
says... Even perfectly setup diesel and petrol engines chuck out vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is not pollution. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - 6500 photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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In article ,
says... Even allowing for the previously posted corrections - a cat only begins to function properly when sufficiently warm (and the lag increases with age) - up until then it is actually _worse_ than a non-catted old-style engine. Short hops in your car don't get things properly heated, so around town they are not doing a lot of good at all! I've been using a petrol car with a catalyser for over 10 years. Even after 10 years of use the car still passed the strict emission check you have to do every two years here in Germany. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - 6500 photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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Alfred,
You'd do better sticking to photography which you do very well, than trying to be an expert on pollution from vehicles. Cheers, Pete Loud http://www.peteloud.uggle.co.uk/photos/photos.html Not 65,000 - but a few dozen photos of Asia & Europe, but they're good ;-) .. . . . . Oh, and loads of great maps of Asia |
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"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti s.com... In article , says... This goes to show just how uninformed you are. Todays diesels are over 99% clean How uninformed YOU are. Stay behind a diesel car and behind a petrol car - you will smell the difference. It's so bad, that when I'm driving behind a diesel car I have to close the air intake to avoid getting all that rubbish inside. Diesel exhaust fumes are even carcinogen and older vehicles even have visible black smoke coming out. By the way, I live in Germany, one of the (automotively) most advanced countries in the world. -- In Finland we had East German made Wartburgs plying on our roads. Fumes out from their exhaust pipes smelled exotic. At some time not much before the state collapsed their car factory introduced a four stroke version which turned to be so expensive that shipping of these cars to Finland didn't ever start if I recall right. Smelling and polluting are naturally two different things. |
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