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In addition to the noise, those two-stroke engines produce a huge amount of pollution. "A single two-stroke engine produces pollution equivalent to that of 30
by ahupp 6y ago
In addition to the noise, those two-stroke engines produce a huge amount of pollution.
"A single two-stroke engine produces pollution equivalent to that of 30 to 50 four-stroke automobiles. "
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/two-strokes-and-youre-out https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/two-strokes-and...
- mc32 6y agoThen they should ban two-stroke gasoline scooters (both stand on and sit on types).
- jascii 6y agoFor what it's worth, the 2008 article OP references specifically mentions technology to significantly reduce the pollution from 2 stroke engines. This technology has since been widely adopted in the scooter industry. Modern scooters pollute less per mile than the average single occupant car. https://www.motorscooterguide.net/do-scooters-pollute-more-than-cars/ https://www.motorscooterguide.net/do-scooters-pollute-more-t...
- linksnapzz 6y agoWhen I lived in Cambridge, there was a guy in my neighborhood with a 1970s 2-stroke Saab. I figured every time he started it up, he undid all the non-polluting that every Prius ever sold in MA was responsible for.
- tclancy 6y agoWas it a Sonnet? Those were pretty enough to justify it.
- linksnapzz 6y agoNah, it was a 60s-70s 96.