Posted on 11/07/2022 2:44:13 PM PST by rey
Cost isn’t the issue catalytic converters run around 800 and up to 1200 degrees so putting one on your back inches from your fuel tank isn’t a good idea
“It’s not just 2 stroke, it’s the fact cars have catalytic converters that burn up a lot of things that engines without them just blow our in their exhaust”
cats don’t do a thing for CO2 emission. though ...
No, it is talking about smog and general emissions not just green house gasses.
The California Air Resources Board says operating a gas leaf blower for an hour leads to the emission of as much smog-based pollution as driving a Toyota Camry for 1,100 miles. Margaret Renkl of the New York Times quoted one expert saying that “hydrocarbon emissions from a half-hour of yard work with the two-stroke leaf blower are about the same as a 3,900-mile drive from Texas to Alaska in a Raptor (a heavy-duty Ford truck).”
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