Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution
by astrodust on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:10PM
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The salt solution to the pollution problem is somewhat convenient in the end. Cars do rust to pieces far quicker in Ontario than elsewhere.
Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution
by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:28PM
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I'm fairly sure that salt does not differentiate between polluting and non-polluting vehicles.
Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution
by astrodust on Friday May 08, 2015 @12:24PM
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The number of vehicles on the road that are older than 20 years is shockingly low, especially American brands which rust considerably faster than others. Even cars from 2000 are rare.
In places where there's no extended winter weather I've noticed the cars are often older, with 40+ year old junkers from the 1980s looking, by local standards, no more than ten years old.
Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution
by emp_zealoth on Thursday May 07, 2015 @02:07PM
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The point is it takes time to eat the car away, in which time the car begings to pollute more
The major loophole is that if your car fails, you only have to spend $450 to fix the problem. Spending $450 to improve emissions gives you a pass whether or not it actually fixed the problem or not.
Ontario uses a lot of salt in the winter, so there aren't a lot of old cars on the road.