Are Automakers This Stupid?

[3930dave]

Not so fast there. Governor Brown just signed the law that gives the California Air Resources Board the authority to regulate bovine emissions (cow farts). They are studying cow feed to see if they can reduce emissions. Guess a vegan diet isn't all its cracked up to be. :laughing:

Cow farts can now be regulated in California | Fox News

Argentina is studying collecting the methane.

These Backpacks For Cows Collect Their Fart Gas And Store It For Energy | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

I think I'd write the headline as "Politicians secure a new source of Hot Air" instead.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Hey ! That shock absorbing bumper worked when my Mom hit the back wall of the garage driving our 72 Delta 88.

Not that long ago, I saw an itemized comparison of testing a late 70's economy car (Ford Escort) with shock bumpers vs. a modern car (Sentra, Corolla perhaps) for low speed impact damage. Not that brands matter really, more that they were equivalent classes of cars.

The old Escort needed no repair, the modern one well over $1,000 but probably closer to $2k.

Rgds, D

 

[rmk700]

F1 racing has gone V6 up to V12's and are now currently down to V6 turbos.
Don't even need earplugs with the new V6. Miss the screaming sound of there V8's.

F1 V6 turbo vs V8 engine sound Mercedes New F1 sound - YouTube

 

[ultrarunner]

Well... the bumpers on my Model A Ford are made of spring steel and chrome plated to withstand a rigorous salt brine exposure test...

A lot of brilliant engineering from a time long ago... maybe why so many survived?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Like I said before. The world seemed only too happy to trade Quality for Fanciness.

 

[Renze]

F1 racing has gone V6 up to V12's and are now currently down to V6 turbos.
Don't even need earplugs with the new V6. Miss the screaming sound of there V8's.

F1 V6 turbo vs V8 engine sound Mercedes New F1 sound - YouTube

Only reason for that is because there is no fun watching the lethal BMW 1.5 liter turbo V6, or the superior Ferrari V12 win every race. By changeing the mandatory engine configuration every few years, they keep racing interesting because an untouchable racing engine can only be used for just a few seasons. And the 1.5 liter turbos of the 80s were prohibited because 1500hp in a 500kg racer was just deadly. Too dangerous.

 

[Snobdds]

Go look at the tail pipe of any direct injection turbo charged car/truck and it looks like a diesel of old tail pipe. In fact new diesels tail pipes are cleaner than those of direct injected gas vehicles.

In 10 years the emissions of diesels will be found on gas vehicles.

The emission's have now flipped to gas being the dirtier fuel on modern cars.

 

[dickfoster]

I think I'd write the headline as "Politicians secure a new source of Hot Air" instead.

Rgds, D.

Yeah I've always said they are the source of more hot air than anything else on earth. Gotta be a source of global warming right there. Shouldn't have some sort of cap n trade on politics?

 

[Copperhead]

Go look at the tail pipe of any direct injection turbo charged car/truck and it looks like a diesel of old tail pipe. In fact new diesels tail pipes are cleaner than those of direct injected gas vehicles.

In 10 years the emissions of diesels will be found on gas vehicles.

The emission's have now flipped to gas being the dirtier fuel on modern cars.

Well yeah! Of course new diesels have cleaner looking tailpipes. The DPF's filter every little particle out of the exhaust and then cook it off at 1500F. Put the same thing on any gasser and the result would be the same. Gas is not dirtier than diesel. Only the downstream emissions stuff on modern diesels make it seem cleaner.

 

[Snobdds]

I was speaking to the perception of gas being cleaner than diesel, when it's not, because of new technology. Then the solution requires more technology to fix the perceived problem.

And around and around we go.