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My feeling is that catalytic converters go the wrong way. The biggest problem today is global warming. We want to stop burning diesel. By hiding the NOx, the
by codecamper 10y ago
My feeling is that catalytic converters go the wrong way.
The biggest problem today is global warming. We want to stop burning diesel. By hiding the NOx, there is less of a problem with burning diesel so we burn more. That's sort of a hard ass approach, but.
Also using a catalytic converter also saps some energy and so requires more diesel to be burned and so more CO2 released.
- dclowd9901 10y agoModern catalytic converters are so obscenely efficient, they barely have any effect, even cumulatively, on the amount of fuel lost. You have more loss in the drivetrain.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoDiesel cars have lower CO2 emissions. That is one of the reasons they are so popular en Europe where vehicle taxes are often based on CO2.
- ars 10y ago> The biggest problem today is global warming. No it is NOT! Before catalytic converters the air in many cities was killing people constantly. Global warming gets all the press, but pollution is FAR FAR worse. It will (and has killed) more people (and animals) than global warming ever could. The US is very clean (relatively) right now, so you think "oh everything is fine, let's bring back some pollution". But you have NO idea.