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Old 12-03-2008, 09:55 AM   #69 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by theunchosen View Post
The standards are challenges. . .but for gas engines they are entirely misguided.

to refine gasoline it costs .5 grams SOx and .3 grams NOx which my car does not produce. for emissions its better for the world for my car to drop a very tiny amount of HC
So change the refineries. A optician isn't going to prescribe that you read less because of poor eyesight (lucky for us, our eyes aren't individual carcinogen generators). Consumption increases every year despite increases in individual mpg.
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