CO2 & Your Car

French cities seem on the verge of banning SUVs to improve pollution. But is banning 4WDs really such a hot strategy to reduce CO2 in the world’s big cities? Where do passenger vehicles really fit in when it comes to greenhouse?

The big French cities say they’re in the process of banning gas-guzzling vehicles – including 4WDs – in an attempt to curb emissions.

The exact scheme to be put in place – exactly which vehicles, in exactly which neighbourhoods, and exactly what penalties could be enacted – are at this stage still unstated. But the intent to proceed with the project has been

fuelJohn Cadogan27 January 2011co2, carbon dioxide, greenhouse, car, trqnsport, environment, alternative fuelComment

Exhaust fumes can kill

Turning the garage into a gas chamber is a really, really bad idea

There are two really good reasons to ventilate your garage. They boil down to: leave the garage door open because it could save your neck.

The first reason relates to any work you’re doing with the engine running. Car exhausts emit carbon monoxide – a combustion byproduct that also happens to be a deadly poison in very small amounts. Haemoglobin in your blood likes latching onto carbon monoxide about 200 times more than it likes carrying oxygen

DIYJohn Cadogan11 November 2010exhaust, exhaust gas, danger, posoning, suffocate, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ventilationComment