Think small cars are the best "green" option? Think again!

[MikeNH]

I know it's a Ford in the video and some of you don't like them, but the point made is surprising and funny-

 

video

 

Very entertaining. Edmonds set out to see if larger engines indeed pollute more. They tested a Raptor with the 6.2L V8, a 2 stroke leaf blower and a 4 stroke one as well as a Fiat 500 powered by Jennifer Lopez or something.

 

Care to guess the results?

 

The leaf blowers are dirty obviously as they have no emissions controls but overall the Raptor ran cleaner than the 500 (the Fiat had lower carbon monoxide levels but the Ford was lower in hydrocarbons and NOx.

 

 

The kicker, the Raptor's exhaust contained LOWER hydrocarbon levels than ambient air!

[Morgan1986]

amazing how much more they concentrate on trucks to be cleaner because that is where all the attention is at.

[Wolfmanjohn]

Remember the so-called eco-friendly darling of the anti-establishment crowd in the sixties; the air-cooled VW Bug? It was shown to be the dirtiest gas vehicle at the exhaust when tested against other cars of the day in the early 70s. Oops, movement gone wrong!!

[waumo1]

As Ronald Reagan said:

Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.

[unit731]

One has to consider though that a smaller car takes up less space.

[vettelovralexand]

Those numbers are a bit misleading though since they are in grams per brake horsepower hour. The actual grams produced may have been higher for the Raptor. I am very interested in the BSCO2 and particulatre numbers for each. Either way, those are pretty clean engines.

[MikeNH]

One has to consider though that a smaller car takes up less space.

 

 

I could care less about how much space any vehicle I could possibly own takes up. I live in the country and even the "cities" in NH have plentiful parking anywhere I'd want to go.

[tyhuck]

_{And if there isnt enough room, just park on top of one of those small cars and make some room.}

[Morgan1986]

what is gram per break horse power mean ?

[vettelovralexand]

what is gram per break horse power mean ?

 

 

It is just the total number of grams divided by the work the engine did during the emissions test cycle. Most emissions measurements are normalized to cycle work.