For more information on that radiator coating (which Volvo is putting on
their new cars) see:
http://press.volvo.se/press.nsf/PRbyKeyReader/5F0D7F42A8103BE7C12566170050AFF5
and http://www.car.volvo.se/environment/index.html
Sam Snow
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Hal Rogers wrote:
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>
> About a year ago, I caught a program on one of the learning channels
> that talked about an interesting product being tested in Los Angeles,
> California.
>
> Basically it was a new radiator that was coated much like a catalytic
> converter. When up to operating temperatures it simply cleaned the air
> the rushed through it as the car was driving. Of course, the rad was
> expensive but it cleaned the air in general of pollutants that came from
> all types of sources, not just cars.
>
> Some interesting specs had been theorized about how much air would be
> cleaned every day just in the LA basin area. It was incredible! I could
> be wrong but it was something like the air from ground level to about a
> mile in the sky would be cleansed each day in the LA area.
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