Green Machine - seriously green

I thought a thread dedicated to seriously green everyday or utility transport would be appropriate in this forum.

I'll start with Clive Mills of Western Australia who sent me a copy of his MB trike some time ago.
 

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Very inteligent... quantified response.

the ford focus commercial says the focus puts out less pollution in 2100+ miles of driving than an hour of use on a 5.4 horsepower lawnmower. In fact you would have to drive one 180 miles to equal the output of grilling a hamburger.

http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20060918184017606

Since I can visibly see the smoke coming out my 2-stroke exhaust sometimes I am going to call the HT motor a big fat global warming FAIL... not that I am really into that kinda thing.

The whole trend towards cleaner cars/air is really getting ridiculous... did you know that CARB has a new classification??? It's called the super ultra low emission vehicle category... Im not making that up, is that laughable to anybody else??? Like some congressmen was up late and couldn't think of anything better for the meeting the next day... so they thought

"I got it... we just put super in front of ultra low emission vehicle... yeah that sounds good. They'll love that"

It sounds like something off Seinfeld


There's one issue with that, I understand about the PZEV. but http://www.practicalenvironmentalis...y-you-probably-cant-get-one-in-your-state.htm


I have never seen a PZEV FOCUS in Florida. I SAID MODERN 2.0 AS VEHICLES MOST COMMON ON THE ROAD.
 
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Wow, some of these cars are getting pretty clean....kind of surprised me at what has been accomplished. Be interesting to see how they compare with electric when the pollution of producing the electricity is added to the pot. (assuming it is produced by coal or oil of course)
 
Wow, some of these cars are getting pretty clean....kind of surprised me at what has been accomplished. Be interesting to see how they compare with electric when the pollution of producing the electricity is added to the pot. (assuming it is produced by coal or oil of course)

My money is on the gas powered car... I dont get how california can talk about banning plasma TV's while at the same time consider implementing a whole new generation of plug in electric vehicles??? It makes no sense.
 
V tec, judging by that article, you probably have a good bet there. One thing I noticed is the economy isn't all that great, better than my Ford F 150, but not THAT great. Interesting to see what is more important to people, economy or clean air. Decisions...decisions. Enough to keep a whole new crop of politicians employed.
 
V tec, judging by that article, you probably have a good bet there. One thing I noticed is the economy isn't all that great, better than my Ford F 150, but not THAT great. Interesting to see what is more important to people, economy or clean air. Decisions...decisions. Enough to keep a whole new crop of politicians employed.

I think you may be right.
 
I know for a fact that this guy designed a clean engine that ran backward. It sucked in smog through the tail pipe and it's only byproducts were clean air and gasoline. Big oil killed it.
 
I know for a fact that this guy designed a clean engine that ran backward. It sucked in smog through the tail pipe and it's only byproducts were clean air and gasoline. Big oil killed it.

Was that the slant head I heard about??? :giggle:
 
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