Air filters inside the car?
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From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 20:27 "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote : >> Do they have sulfur in the gas? > > I am not a chemist, but I believe so. I know I've sometimes seen the semi trucks outside of the city, and pouring out white smoke. Not sure if they burn high sulfur fuel out on the road, or what.
From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 20:28 "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote : > Unfortunately true. They paved the road by my farm a couple of years > back. As part of the project they installed a couple of don't litter > and sharp curve warnign signs. Within 24 hours both had ben shot ful > of holes... How else would you know you're in the countryside? LOL
From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 23:24 "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote : > Okay, the rant isn't over yet ... > > If the pesky engineers are going to make a decision that I'm too stupid > to do by myself, it's that the climate control fan should never ever be > allowed to be switched OFF. Air should always be moving within the > passenger cabin, whether it's recirculated or fresh air, the driver > should choose. I choose fresh "Fresh" sounds so great, and it may be if you're driving through the snow covered rockies with no other cars around, but here in the city? Is it really "fresh"? "Exhaust fumes" could replace that word in the sentence: "whether it's recirculated or exhaust fumes, the driver should choose. I choose exhaust fumes..." Doesnt sound so great then, eh? At least with recirculated ( and assuming no one smokes! ), the GOOD air cleaner can have a chance of helping. And by GOOD, I mean one with 6-7 lbs of charcoal and other media in it. ( your choice of brand )
From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 23:25 Scott in Florida <MoveOn(a)Outa.here> wrote : > > Does that mean I'm a beaner????? Ahhh! LOL A Carlos fan?!
From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 23:31
"C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote : > While this is probably insignificant for you, imagine how much > additional gasoline would be required if everyone was using a 85 watt > air cleaner in the car - 100,000,000 drivers, 10,000 miles each per year > each at an average speed of 35 miles per hour equal 28,6000,000,000 > hours. Running a gasoline engine to create 85 watts for this time period > equals 771,428,571 gallons of gasoline - WOW. As a comparison, the US > uses around 378 millions of gasoline a day or 138,000,000,000 per year. > So if everyone added a 85 watt air cleaner, gasoline consumption would > increase by somewhere in the 0.3% to 0.9% range. The numbers are > staggering even if I overestimated the additional gasoline required by a > factor of ten (and I don't think I did). Most people could care less though, it's not a valid extrapolation. In fact most people could care less if they drive a car that's the same size as mine but gets 10 MPG less. Or even worse: Take the Smart Car ( please ). http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080724153057AAyaW3n "I read car and driver magazine, and they did a road test for the smart car. With real world driving it got crappy mileage. It didn't use that much gas, but it got the mileage of a much larger car. Wouldn't you expect a car that small to get around 50-60 mpg? (It only seats 2 and has no cargo room) Not even close, it got 33-41 mpg, the same as a civic/carolla/yaris/focus ect, any economy car." |