Picture of the Amount of Exhaust a Car puts out in a Day
04-19-07, 07:12 AM
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Picture of the Amount of Carbon Monoxide a Car puts out in a Day
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04-19-07, 11:14 AM
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The pic didn't come out. But just the suggestion gave me a cool mental image. Put a balloon on an exhaust pipe and run it for the time of an average commute. I bet it would be a frighteningly large balloon.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
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04-19-07, 08:25 PM
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i really cannot imagine the car iddling very long to inflate that balloon...maybe 2 hours?
04-20-07, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by rodri9o
i really cannot imagine the car iddling very long to inflate that balloon...maybe 2 hours?
04-20-07, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
The pic didn't come out. But just the suggestion gave me a cool mental image. Put a balloon on an exhaust pipe and run it for the time of an average commute. I bet it would be a frighteningly large balloon.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
I looked at the thread again and this time the pic did come out. Very cool.
cool idea btw
04-20-07, 07:06 PM
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I'm kinda curious as to what was done with the bag after this demo was done. I mean, did they just release all of that into the air? Isn't that called hipocracy?
04-29-07, 05:25 PM
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WOw! Cool picture. Scary!! Well I am 65-70% truck free'er than I was last week. I bought a bike and can't keep off it. I am commuting now too via bike.
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05-02-07, 09:42 AM
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So that's just the Carbon monoxide, right? I wonder how many people that much monoxide could kill.
A round trip car commute might actually put out that much carbon monoxide, though-- i don't think that a car could be driven any reasonable distance before filling up a balloon that size with air.
