XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 9/13/2010 12:18 PM, HeyBub wrote:   
   > Desertphile wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:30:47 -0400, "First of One"   
   >>   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Hey, if everyone used common sense there would be no need for senate   
   >>> committees, think tanks, lawyers, lobbists... We can't have that now   
   >>> can we?   
   >>   
   >> What the bloody fuck does that have to do with preventing   
   >> catalytic converters?   
   >   
   > Well, a Senate committee is part of the group that mandated we have   
   > catalytic converters in the first place. If not for them, this conversation   
   > would not be taking place...   
      
   No, catalytic converters have never been required by law. Automakers are   
   free to achieve the mandated levels of emissions by whatever means they   
   choose. Catalytic converters happen to be the most cost-effective means   
   of doing so.   
      
   In 1979, most new vehicles had catalytic converters, but not all. I   
   bought a 49 state VW Rabbit that did not have one and ran on regular   
   leaded gasoline (in fact you did _not_ want to use unleaded on these   
   engines). VW was able to meet the emissions requirements without a   
   catalytic converter (except in California).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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