Emissions test: Raptor vs Fiat 500 vs...er..leafblower......
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http://www.insideline.com/features/emissions-test-...
For the environmentally minded, clearly the monster truck is the way to green nirvana.................
For the environmentally minded, clearly the monster truck is the way to green nirvana.................
The cars put out less CO because they have a cat that turns the CO into CO2.
I'm sure if you compred the CO2 output of blowers vs. cars then you'd find the cars CO2 to be many many times that of the blower.
The only way to make a sensible comparison would be to give each emission type a "weighting", reflecting how bad a gram of that element is relativly to the others, and produce a weighted score. (For example each gram of CO may score 10 points, but a gram of CO2 only say 1 or 2 points or something because CO2 is less bad for the environment than CO.) The get the total for each engine and compare that.
I'm sure if you compred the CO2 output of blowers vs. cars then you'd find the cars CO2 to be many many times that of the blower.
The only way to make a sensible comparison would be to give each emission type a "weighting", reflecting how bad a gram of that element is relativly to the others, and produce a weighted score. (For example each gram of CO may score 10 points, but a gram of CO2 only say 1 or 2 points or something because CO2 is less bad for the environment than CO.) The get the total for each engine and compare that.
mrmr96 said:
The cars put out less CO because they have a cat that turns the CO into CO2.
I'm sure if you compred the CO2 output of blowers vs. cars then you'd find the cars CO2 to be many many times that of the blower.
The only way to make a sensible comparison would be to give each emission type a "weighting", reflecting how bad a gram of that element is relativly to the others, and produce a weighted score. (For example each gram of CO may score 10 points, but a gram of CO2 only say 1 or 2 points or something because CO2 is less bad for the environment than CO.) The get the total for each engine and compare that.
I'm sure if you compred the CO2 output of blowers vs. cars then you'd find the cars CO2 to be many many times that of the blower.
The only way to make a sensible comparison would be to give each emission type a "weighting", reflecting how bad a gram of that element is relativly to the others, and produce a weighted score. (For example each gram of CO may score 10 points, but a gram of CO2 only say 1 or 2 points or something because CO2 is less bad for the environment than CO.) The get the total for each engine and compare that.
In this test the measurements of NOx, CO, HC etc. are a percentage of the overall volume of exhaust. The leafblowers are 'dirty' in the sense that a greater percentage of their exhaust comprises of harmful emissions, but there will be far less total volume of exhaust than the 6.8L Raptor.
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