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Re: Catalytic converters a restriction or not?
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Fri, 27 September 2002 06:40
 
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Believe it or not Catalytic converters do more harm to the environment than they do good.....
Now before the comments start flying hear me out.
Catalytic converters contain a very rare metal inside them that splits up some of the nasty exhaust bits and neutralise's some bad stuff. I won't get technical here... if you want to know more there is heaps of stuff available on the web on it.
The reason Cats are so expensive is because how rare and hard to get these precious metals are....
Now I'm not arguing that cats don't perform a good job. They work very effectively at performing their role and do reduce exhaust emissions..... BUT.... the amount of mining and crap that goes on to get these metals is causing thousands of times the damage as the exhaust emissions.
The metals are only found in like 3 countries around the world... can't remember which ones but I think they were all around Africa.
I read this on a scientific website which had actually calculated the damages caused and they worked out we would be much better off if Cats had never been introduced....
Theres some food for thought.
If I can find the link I'll post it... I'm not real hopeful though
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Catalytic converters a restriction or not?
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SUPRAGTE | Fri, 27 September 2002 03:04 |
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justcallmefrank | Fri, 27 September 2002 03:30 |
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ed_ma61 | Fri, 27 September 2002 03:40 |
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Cool1 | Fri, 27 September 2002 03:49 |
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GIN51E | Fri, 27 September 2002 04:12 |
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RWDboy | Fri, 27 September 2002 04:40 |
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Remedy | Fri, 27 September 2002 06:40 |
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jza70-mel | Fri, 27 September 2002 08:32 |
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gt20v | Fri, 27 September 2002 19:45 |
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SUPRAGTE | Fri, 27 September 2002 23:31 |
