Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:31:27 +0100
- Message No. 1839
From: Moretto Nicola
Subject: @ fuel & pollution, what I mean...
Hi all !!
Jorge Pereira wrote:
>This is a reply for Nicola Moretto.
>You said that using unleaded fuel with not catalized engines we make
>more pollution? Impossible! I'd like you could explain me that, because
>I don't understand that.
>The principal components of the exhaust gazes are CO (same in leaded or
>unleaded fuel), CO2 (not pollutant), H2O (water), HC's and the PbOx,
>whitch only exists in the leaded fuels. So, the leaded fuel is less
>pollutant.
Dear Jorge I'm not so expert in petrol and chemical questions, and maybe
I don't have right, but I have read in some magazines (cars magazines,
bikes
magazines, sciences magazines and some daily-papers) that green fuel to
obtain
95 oct. without lead uses some aromatics chemical-substances like
"benzene"
(I don't know how translate it, but I think that is C6H6) very dangerous
if not
"cleaned" by catalizator (it causes cancer).
That is what I mean when I say that green fuel make more pollution in
combination
with a not-catalized engine.
If I have no right also some italians magazines are in fault !!
And Bernd reply to me when I say that I use leaded fuel whit this
statement:
>Is that true? In Germany leaded fuel is not available anymore!
Yes unfortunately in Italy leaded fuel is still available !!
(but with much less lead than some years ago)
In Italy all new cars (not new bikes) sold from about 1993 (I don't
remember exactly)
are equipped with catalizator by law and actually the Government give
money contributions
if you buy a new car or a new motorbike(but in that case less money) AND
you demolish
one at least 10 years old.
(This is for envirometal pourpose and ,obviously , for increase new cars
sales)
Ok that's all.... thanks to all for the patience if my message is so
long.
Ciao
*Nicola*
PS: I invite others italian riders in the mailing list to give their
opinion.

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