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Apr 4th, 2024, 13:03 | #1101 | |
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Both petrol and diesel cars regardless of Euro regs emit fumes that are proven to be harmful to people and increasing asthma in children. What are we to do? carry on driving around polluting cars with harmful fumes to everyone, or actually do something about it? theres no denying it that in built up areas fumes (not only vehicles on the road but air and trains) are to blame but trains and planes are more difficult to resolve straight away.
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Apr 4th, 2024, 16:35 | #1102 | |
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Old cars n vans, yes, some are still old enough to cause a problem but time is taking care of that. And statements about belching black smoke is just fear mongering. So there's that on top.
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Apr 4th, 2024, 17:38 | #1103 | |
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Then again, you can’t put a price on people’s health either. I’m seeing more and more towns and cities having buildings shoehorned into every available nook and cranny which makes you wonder how it affects the air quality as a whole and most importantly, is it being taken into account? I’m an asthma sufferer myself but I don’t suffer too badly due to air quality. But fine particles like house dust, pollen and the suchlike knock me about though. It gets worse when pollution attaches itself to the pollen spores making them worse. This is when my asthma jumps up a couple of gears. It’s actually amazing these days how sensitive we’ve become to pollution from cars now the modern ones are less polluting. Like said in a previous post, when an old car comes by I can really smell the emissions. There’s a gulf of a difference compared to modern motors. It’s not just exhaust though, it’s tire wear, brake dust too that gets blown about as the cars are rumbling by. That’ll be a tougher one to get rid of in the short term. Hope your Daughter is well, TT
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Same to you.
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Apr 4th, 2024, 20:55 | #1107 | |
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Apr 4th, 2024, 22:36 | #1108 |
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Well, I'd probably feel like I could reliably construct a short forum post without it causing me a problem. You??
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Most studies base their levels on ppm, which 0.08g equates to approx 80ppm. Transfering g/km to a sensible unit of measurement for exposure is tricky, as g/km for exhaust emissions depends on multiple factors with RPM and ambient temperature being the biggest factor with cars. exposure above 150ppm for 30 minutes to an hour cuases fatal pulmonary edema. 150ppm equates to 0.15 grams. So you can see with the figures that it wouldnt be long with Euro 5 to cause some fatal issues. Euro 6 taking longer, but still fatal. Taking it back to my argument of the impact on children and other low level people/animals such as dogs. walking along a road to School for example, taking 30 minutes, twice a day, 5 times a week with all maners of vehicles ranging in quality standards, and you can understand how NOx, plus all the others such as Carbon monoxide, Hydro carbons, Particulate matter can all have an impact. Add this to the other examples of built up areas restricting air flow, overland and underground trains, planes, and other appliances producing emissions it creates a harmful atmosphere.
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Telling someone to break the law to prove your point doesn't help the argument. Try licking the plug you put into your car for 5 minutes is just as ridiculous.
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