Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (19106)	5/18/2002 7:26:31 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

CB, people blame 'poorly maintained', but it's worse than that. All engines get worn and emissions increase. So even with maintenance of injectors, filters etc, they deteriorate. Concawe [the European oil industry club] did studies [long ago now and I'm out of date on current research but the basics don't change] which showed that fuel quality is trivial compared with engine design, maintenance and operating conditions in terms of how much black muck comes out the exhaust. Highly carcinogenic compounds are in the exhaust, such as 1 nitro pyrene. It's not just sticky soot, making clothes, eyes, lungs, building and cars filthy. It kills people too. Maintenance helps of course, but taxation of fuels, engine design and fuel design are important, with taxation being the cheapest way of reducing pollution [meaning cut taxes on the clean-burning fuels - NOT increase taxes on the dirty ones]. City design and especially road design and management would do a lot too! Don't forget the Segway - clean as a whistle [the electricity could be made with photovoltaics in Death Valley]. Mqurice