Re: [T3] Pollute less with more gas? (was: Dual carb versus EFI ? )

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I was puzzled too by this statement.
I have to accept that under similar operating conditions the newer VWs are
better on fuel consumption, and certainly less polluting if the whole range
of exhaust gases are considered.  They are generally heavier too, for the
same class of car, so if you went for a similar weight to the Type 3 the
gain would be even more.
If you take into account the extra materials used for the same class of car,
manufacturing pollution might be greater, but since those processes have
been cleaned up too, I think it unlikely.

Maybe like Toby I've missed something fundamental in Jim's comment, and my
twin carb Variant does more mpg than the EFI Fastback, so I don't
necessarily agree with Toby either!  Darn painful this fence.  ;-)

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:48 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] Pollute less with more gas? (was: Dual carb versus EFI ? )


> "...cars which pollute less, use more gas." i.e. the last sentence ;)
>
> FI is better than carbs for reducing emissions as well as increasing gas
> mileage.  That's where my confusion lies...lays...is... :)
>
>     Toby Erkson
>     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >> Jim, would you please explain the last sentence in the paragraph you
> >> wrote below.  I'm not sure I agree.
> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >> The whole pollution issue is a hot potato, but my personal opinion
> >> is that pollution is something that we all have to share a concern
> >> about. It's not just the other guy's problem, and it's certainly
> >> not true that we can continue to pollute at the same rate that our
> >> parents and grandparents did. Same thing with gas consumption,
> >> which brings on a dilemma: In general, cars which pollute less, use
> >> more gas.
> >
> >Which part would you like to debate? I'd just like to narrow it down
> >a bit.
>
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