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Old 08-11-2014, 02:07 AM   #18 (permalink)
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My pet peeve is the catalytic converter, it's time to rethink it's benefits to it's cost of production and use especially outside of big cities.
EFI, and even turbochargers, decrease both the amount of unburnt hydrocarbon emissions but also carbon monoxide that is more harmful than CO2. IIRC, the reason for cats to get widespread was exactly the carbon monoxide emissions...
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