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Machina ex machina: greendom has drawn the wrong moral from the catalytic-converter story.(TECHNOLOGY)
GREENS hate technology, except when they love it. A case in point is the catalytic converter, whose introduction in the 1970s virtually ended America's smog problems. It's an inspiring story: The Environmental Protection Agency ordered massive cuts in emissions, and auto-industry executives said they could never be met--but they were, thanks to old-fashioned American ingenuity called into existence, at least in part, by government fiat. In recent debates over revised Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and the Kyoto Accord on climate change, the catalytic converter has been cited again and again as an example of a sweeping technological fix inspired by tough ...
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 9, 2009 700+ words
...paragraph are that the catalytic converter or assembly of catalytic converters is an original replacement...paragraph are that the catalytic converter or assembly of catalytic converters is a replacement catalytic converter which- (a) has...
- ENGELHARD, GRACE FORM JOINT VENTURE TO PRODUCE ADVANCED METALLIC CATALYTIC...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 22, 1995 700+ words
...substrate catalytic converters using proprietary...segment of the catalytic converter market. Metal catalytic converters have gained...of metal catalytic converters is expected...existing catalytic converter technologies...
- Automotive Q&A: Camaro's clues point to catalytic converter.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) February 16, 2007 700+ words
...a failed catalytic converter, which is...restriction. Most catalytic converters are of the...a failed catalytic converter is fairly...a failed catalytic converter is only part...also, that catalytic converters can fail...
- Monat Technologies Introduces Catlock, Catalytic Converter Anti- Theft Device
- Newspaper article from: Wireless News July 9, 2009 700+ words
...victims of catalytic converter theft since...automobile catalytic converters, which filter...replacing a catalytic converter can cost...around the catalytic converter - Locked...percent of catalytic converters, particularly...
- Monat Technologies Touts Catlock, Catalytic Converter Anti-Theft Device
- Newspaper article from: Manufacturing Close-Up July 7, 2009 700+ words
...victims of catalytic converter theft since...automobile catalytic converters, which filter...replacing a catalytic converter can cost...around the catalytic converter - Locked...percent of catalytic converters, particularly...
- Rising Unemployment and Precious Metal Prices Are Driving Catalytic Converter...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 6, 2009 700+ words
...per automobile catalytic converter, that statistic...become victims of catalytic converter theft since 2006...made automobile catalytic converters, which filter...Replacing a catalytic converter can cost several...
- 'Cleaner' Gas May Stretch Life of Catalytic Converters.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 29, 2003 700+ words
...sulfur content will be coming to the pumps, and the "cleaner" gas should make catalytic converters last longer and reduce tailpipe emissions. A catalytic converter can cost $400 to $1,000 to replace, said Mike Hecht, technical services...
- `Cleaner' gas may stretch life of catalytic converters.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 28, 2003 700+ words
...sulfur content will be coming to the pumps, and the "cleaner" gas should make catalytic converters last longer and reduce tailpipe emissions. A catalytic converter can cost $400 to $1,000 to replace, said Mike Hecht, technical services...
Source: HighBeam Research, Machina ex machina: greendom has drawn the wrong moral from the...