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- Path: sparky!uunet!concert!theo!kk
- From: kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski)
- Subject: Re: Nearest source of non-oxygenated gas ...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.151501.19657@mcnc.org>
- Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
- References: <1992Nov4.180757.3498@mcnc.org> <Bx7JLF.C2J@unx.sas.com>
- Distribution: triangle
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:15:01 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- In <Bx7JLF.C2J@unx.sas.com> saselm@bronco.unx.sas.com (Edward McGee) writes:
- >>
- >>In Krzysztof Kozminski writes:
- >>|[looking for non-oxygenated gas]
- >>|> as opposed to the oxygenated gasohol inflicted on us here in Durham/RTP?
- >>
- >Please check with a dealer for your make of car first before you start
- >"bypassing" something that is being done for the good of our environment.
-
- The manual of my Mazda 626 warns that using gasohol may damage the
- *emission control* systems. "Good of our environment", indeed.
- IMHO, just another example of a misguided miracle cure, force-fed to
- us by pseudo-environmentalist politicians.
-
- I have a strong suspicion that having a properly tuned engine is likely to
- both increase the mileage and have more effect on the polluting components
- in the exhaust than just the publicized 17% reduction in CO emissions from
- the oxygenated fuel. And it would lower the gas expenses, too.
-
- Convincing people to carpool just one day a week would reduce *all*
- emissions by 20%, reduce the operating cost, and cause less inconvenience
- than having to rebuild the engine (OK, not all, fuel distribution only).
-
- Finally, the implementation of this "good of our environment" thing,
- whereby everybody is forced to use the same stuff, is pure communism.
- I'd be much more sympathetic to a solution using a higher tax on more
- polluting fuels - provided, of course, that it could be trusted that
- the proceedings will be used for environment improvement. Hmm, this
- kinda disqualifies the tax idea :-)
-
- >What year is your car? Anything made in the past 5 years should be safe
- >(regardless of manufacturer). A lot of manufacturer's warnings (in owner's
- >manual) were not "justified".
-
- The manual says that any resulting damage may not be covered by the
- warranty. Sounds like a good enough justification. I'd rather spend
- my $$ on planting some trees to take care of the CO I produce ...
-
- KK
-
- PS: another poster mentioned that I might have been using the stuff without
- noticing - I doubt it. As I noticed upon refueling my other car (which is
- OK to use gasohol, except it get lower mileage), oxygenated gas STINKS
- quite distinctively...
- --
- "Legalize freedom. Vote libertarian"
-