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They're not very clean to make, which is the bigger problem. If you convert a petrol car to run on propane, the exhaust emissions are water vapour and carbon d
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
They're not very clean to make, which is the bigger problem.
If you convert a petrol car to run on propane, the exhaust emissions are water vapour and carbon dioxide, with no CO, no HC, and pretty much no nitrogen or sulphur oxides.
This is why things like warehouse forklifts run on propane - you can't die from breathing the exhaust fumes, unlike petrol or diesel.
Typically you'd convert older cars, of which we have plenty. We don't need to make new cars, because there are enough cars for everyone - we just need to make them run cleaner.
- iamerroragent 4y agoUnfortunately that's not how the world economy works. It's a nice notion but it's not going to happen.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoAs I previously mentioned, it doesn't sell anyone any amount of new debt. The whole point of "scrappage schemes" where you can scrap your dirty inefficient old car that only gets 40mpg and buy a new one that is much cleaner and more efficient at 41mpg for only 600 quid a month at 77% APR is to get people as deep into debt as possible. Because debt is profitable, and clean air is not.
- iamerroragent 4y agoOkay. That sounds nice, now tell automakers to stop making cars and just become companies that convert cars and pay pensions.