Chrysler made a survey some years back, a few off the wall facts from them,
cataylitic converters do more poluting than regular old style exhaust (this
was comfirmed earlier this year by our own govt., one (1) rose bush eats and
destroys more oxygen than 12 cars, gas powdered lawn care products for one
home owner does more damage than 12 cars, do not even try to estimate farm
growing food products that have to have hydrogen & oxygen, B-B que grilles,
and gas grilles at 1 home polute more than 12 cars, the report went on & on
just on off the wall things that are really worse than cars, and don't
forget, planes, trains and diesel autos & trucks.
>
> >I'm going to go out on a limb here and agree with Bill. For some time I
> >have been unable to reconcile my concerns with the air we breath, the
> >ozone, etc., and my love for driving classic cars. Now don't go tell me
> >that a well maintained 50's/60's sports car is clean compared to today's
> >cars.
>
> I was listening to a guy of unknown credibility talking about sources of
smog.
> He said private automobiles were a minor source of smog. I don't remember
most
> of the specifics, but one of the things he said was that a single jet
taking off
> from LAX polluted more than all the Honda's in Los Angeles County. He
also
> commented about trains and trucks.
>
> The difference being that the later groups are organized not easy to push
> around. Do any of the more informed members of the list have information
on any
> studies like this?
>
> Any comparison about the hundreds of pounds of lead in the typical
electric
> vehicles vs tailpipe emissions or a regular gasoline engine and natural
gas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Kemp
> 72 TR6 that gets better gas mileage than my 91 Subaru
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