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Date:         Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - Again
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"Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> said:


> All of which begs the question: just because there's no regulatory body
> preventing you from spewing toxins into the atmosphere, should you be
> doing that?


My view, ideally no you should not, but if a carburetor conversion is a
way to keep an otherwise serviceable vehicle on the road, there's some
benefit to that -- new car production is certainly far from
environmentally harmless, when you take into account the entire process
(from raw materials to finished product).


And I doubt whether a well tuned carbureted waterboxer would be THAT
much more polluting than a digifant with a failing ECU or worn out
injectors.


Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL
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