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Is any manufacturer willing to say that it wants to hide the emissions of its cars? Or to say that emissions are a good thing?

This should be a no brainer.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 04:52:58 AM EST
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It all depends on what emissions they reveal. I remember the debate about catalytic converters to remove carbon monoxide from exhausts. CO was made out to be the most terrible of gases whose very presence was destroying civilisation.

What they never mentioned was that it became CO2 in next to no time and had little effect on the streetside atmosphere.

But it was cheaper to install catalytic converters than to seriously change the way petrol is burnt in cars to remove NO, NO2, SO, SO2, which are pretty noxious at all times. Nobody mentioned that.

Score for the industry.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 07:39:01 AM EST
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 Or to say that emissions are a good thing?

Well, they don't need to be.  In a hydrogen based transportation economy the emissions, water, could easily be collected during transport and then released where it is most valuable.  It may not be worth doing in most climates but remains a possibility.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 02:38:36 PM EST
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What I meant was "they don't need to be a bad thing."

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 02:39:35 PM EST
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