Bonefish wrote:
kaydeejay wrote:
Modern cars do produce hardly any CO, to the extent that the hosepipe thru the car window from the exhaust in a closed garage is no longer a successful way of committing suicide.
You better go back and check the science on this one. Cars still produce CO and CO2 in their exhaust unless you are driving an electric.
The science is that, since catalytic converters were introduced in 1975, the level of CO emitted from car exhausts is minimal. Converters were designed (in part) to burn the CO and create CO2.
I believe the current standard is 3.4 grams/mile or less, which is not very much.
Now if you are talking carbon DIOXIDE, that is a whole different animal.
These levels may be 500grams/mile or more and is directly related to fuel consumption. A highly fuel efficient vehicle may get this number under 200. Some European vehicles are under 100g/mile.
While NOT toxic, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen and is being blamed (in part) for global warming.
THAT is the science!
