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- From: bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ron Bense)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG (super unleaded?)
- Message-ID: <29444@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 18:55:45 GMT
- References: <4278.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> <1ik7jtINN730@armory.centerline.com>
- Reply-To: bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ronald Bense)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes:
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- >The gas burns more slowly and completely, which I believe will yield
- >fewer NOx emmissions and more CO2.
-
- So basically I'm trading 10-15% of my fuel economy to burn gas in my
- exhaust system? (Or does it still completely burn inside the cylinder?)
-
- If it burns in the cylinder, then would you improve gas mileage by
- running lower rpms?
-
- >One thing that just occurred to me is that by dropping fuel efficiency
- >by 10% or more you boost fuel tax revenue by the same amount. Hmm.
-
- That nasty budget deficit and what they'll do to lower it....
- (Not that I think they did this for this reason, but I'd rather pay the
- extra ten percent than what's occurring now.)
-
- Ron Think about this one (seen on a bumper sticker):
- The road to hell is bumper-to-bumper
- Make a U-turn to God.
- The irony is priceless.
-