Sold American!

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Around 1990 I would not swim in the Hudson river. Let alone eat fish from it. Much cleaner now you can eat one fish a month and be safe

Was the exhaust from brand new cars and pickups polluting the Hudson River in 1990 ?????

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Was the exhaust from brand new cars and pickups polluting the Hudson River in 1990 ?????

Yes . Rain pulls down pollution and small streams run into rivers .

[72c20customcamper]

Had a conversation with a local landscaper he has 7 trucks. Every one says AMERICAN MADE on the windshield. One of the peel and stick jobs . Yes they were made in America but they are owned buy an Italian company . My 3500 CTD was made in Mexico by a German company . He didnt like hearing that, he thought Chrysler bought fiat.

Just like alot of people think they bought Daimler.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Yes . Rain pulls down pollution and small streams run into rivers .

The NEW cars of the late 1980s and 1990s produced very little pollution.

Of course there were still tens of millions of older vehicles on the road at that time. It has taken a while for most of them to be off the road. Meanwhile the EPA has cranked standards from 95% to 99% pure

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

The NEW cars of the late 1980s and 1990s produced very little pollution.

Of course there were still tens of millions of older vehicles on the road at that time. It has taken a while for most of them to be off the road. Meanwhile the EPA has cranked standards from 95% to 99% pure

Like you said took years to see the results. In 1994 wife had a new Ford escort wagon . Basically a Mazda I was driving a 1970 oldsmobile delta 88 convertible. My first new vehicle was a 2008 GMC Savanna extended wb .

They were cleaner than their older counterparts but still produced tons of emissions each year. If they were so clean why do they impose new regulations to clean them up more. And new cars still dump tons of emmisions into the atmosphere every day

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

They were cleaner than their older counterparts but still produced tons of emissions each year. If they were so clean why do they impose new regulations to clean them up more. And new cars still dump tons of emmisions into the atmosphere every day

Because once a bureaucracy exists, they have to justify their continued existence even after the original problem has been solved

And new cars mostly just emit carbon dioxide and water vapor. In some places polluted by other sources, car exhaust is cleaner than the air going into the engine.