I'm happy...
Jan. 26th, 2009 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
curmugeonIt is abut time we face the fact that the cars offered by the American Automobile manufacturers are not what we really need. And the truth is that Ford, GM, and Chrysler have products they sell overseas that are more fuel efficient. I can't wait to see them in the dealer showrooms.
One thing that has always puzzled me is this... a motor vehicle engine is an air pump, it consumes air, mixes with fuel, then the waste is exhausted. The current policy is a qualitative approach, we worry about air quality from the tailpipe, and the volume ( a function of engine displacement) is not considered. We need, as we enter this carbon reduction mode, a quantitative standard, with stricter emission standards applied to large displacement sources.
The qualitative standard would kill the SUV... and as a result make the highways a whole lot safer.
One thing that has always puzzled me is this... a motor vehicle engine is an air pump, it consumes air, mixes with fuel, then the waste is exhausted. The current policy is a qualitative approach, we worry about air quality from the tailpipe, and the volume ( a function of engine displacement) is not considered. We need, as we enter this carbon reduction mode, a quantitative standard, with stricter emission standards applied to large displacement sources.
The qualitative standard would kill the SUV... and as a result make the highways a whole lot safer.
