[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

correction: I believe the correct date is Sept 5, 2002.

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[doug from upland]

Besides spending most of my time fighting the terrorist bastards with SSAF, I also work with Green Car Group that put on the event at UC Riverside. These vehicles are great. What comes out of the tailpipe in the Sentra and Accord is cleaner than the ambient air. I hope the United States takes the lead in fuel cells and that must go forward, but this technology for ICEs is wonderful. A big salute to ChevronTexaco for their advances.

[mewzilla]

How problematic is this, though? Don't different grades of oil have different sulfur contents? Do you need a special kind of oil? How much more will it cost to refine? Will existing refineries will able to do this, or will they have to retool their refineries? This sounds great, but the devil is in the details.

[pabianice]

That shrieking noise you hear is EcoFreaks losing their favorite demon...

[Piquaboy]

Nearly pollution free won't be good enough for those greenie weenies.

[Consort]

If either the car or the fuel costs more, then I'll wait for the electric car.

[Redcloak]

"You have to be practical."

Five words guaranteed to vapor-lock an environmentalist's brain.

[Looking for Diogenes]

Good news. It is great when engineering ability trumps the naysayers who promised it couldn't be done.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hey cool. Unfortunately, I personally negated the advancement today by purchasing a gas lawnmower.

[medved]

Near as I can tell, most of the cars which have been sold over the last ten years are nearly pollution free, and pollution has become a sort of a 90/10 proposition, with 10% of the vehicles causing 90% of the pollution. The biggest problem as I see it is the cost of newer cars; the best possible way to get the older cars off the road would be to have newer cars available for $5000 instead of $15000 or $25000. A basic good quality car like the Dodge Neon or Toyota Corolla, freed from government regulations for airbags and other unnecessary expenses, might could be sold for that.

[Bush2000]

For now, the promising technology is limited to California because to work right, the engines require low-sulfur gasoline that is widely available only there.

Note: The article makes no mention of the cost of that low-sulfur gasoline. What do you want to bet that it's going to cost us a bundle?