The costs of coal and other fuels hould include downstream atmospheric pollution. The cost of a catalytic converter is part of the cost of burning gasoline for fuel. The costs in respiratory disease is part of the cost of buring fossil fuels for energy. They are inextricable.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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