VW says rulebreaking culture at root of emissions scandal

Re:VW says rulebreaking culture at root of emissions scandal by ahupp on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:11PM (#10713096)

"It depends on whether air quality matters or not. That is a fairly black and white thing"

On the contrary, I don't think it could be less of a "black or white thing". It sounds like you're making an argument that these cars are producing a material increase in overall NOx, causing a public health hazard. I haven't seen that argument anywhere else. Do you have data on what the net increase in NOx is? .1%, 1% and 100% would mean very different things.

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Re:VW says rulebreaking culture at root of emissions scandal by Eric_WVGG on Thursday December 10, 2015 @04:29PM (#10713631)

I’ve read conflicting arguments (which range from pretty bad to incredibly bad)… The Guardian estimates 230-950 thousand tons of NOx per year for seven years, “equivalent to the emissions of all power stations, vehicles, industry, and agriculture in the United Kingdom over a one-year period.”

Not a percentage, which would be more useful, but even the lowball estimates indicate a measurable change in pollution levels.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/22/vw-scandal-c...

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