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Re:Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal by matthewowen on Monday October 28, 2019 @07:40PM (#21382963)
Aren't catalytic converters installed to meet federal emission standards? They might not be explicitly mandated, but in practice you can't meet the standards without one. In which case it's just a factually false statement.
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Re:Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal by garmaine on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:32PM (#21383250)
California standards are harder to meet than federal.
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Re:Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal by matthewowen on Monday October 28, 2019 @10:08PM (#21383691)
OK, but can you meet federal standards without a catalytic converter?
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Re:Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal by garmaine on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @02:49AM (#21384734)
You need a catalytic converter that meets a special requirement in CA. There are in fact cars with catalytic converters sold in other states that will not pass smog test in CA without upgrading the catalytic converter. They’re not all the same.
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Re:Why Palladium Is Suddenly a More Precious Metal by Scoundreller on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @02:21AM (#21384643)
No
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