As the other poster mentioned, we already have this. They are called catalytic converters. They tremendously reduce the environmentally nasty byproducts in car exhaust.
We still have carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (at least one of the two and usually both will always be produced by any engine that burns gasoline). You could have a device that reacts the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, but since this happens naturally in the environment, it really isn’t necessary.
And there is no easy solution to carbon dioxide. It generally doesn’t react very much, and up until the last 10 years or so was considered to be 100% environmentally benign. You do know that all green plants need carbon dioxide to survive, don’t you? All higher animals also produce carbon dioxide directly…your lungs make some that you exhale with every breath.
First of all, what government are you talking about? I’ll assume U.S.
they did make a law, the clean air act of something or other.
Actually automobile engines have been completely redesigned in the last 20 years to meet the government requirements. Part of that design is catalytic converters to clean up what’s left in the exhaust after the lean burn engine exhausts it.
As the other poster mentioned, we already have this. They are called catalytic converters. They tremendously reduce the environmentally nasty byproducts in car exhaust.
We still have carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (at least one of the two and usually both will always be produced by any engine that burns gasoline). You could have a device that reacts the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, but since this happens naturally in the environment, it really isn’t necessary.
And there is no easy solution to carbon dioxide. It generally doesn’t react very much, and up until the last 10 years or so was considered to be 100% environmentally benign. You do know that all green plants need carbon dioxide to survive, don’t you? All higher animals also produce carbon dioxide directly…your lungs make some that you exhale with every breath.
you need to invent one first.
Factories have chimney scrubbers, cars have catalytic converters by law.
First of all, what government are you talking about? I’ll assume U.S.
they did make a law, the clean air act of something or other.
Actually automobile engines have been completely redesigned in the last 20 years to meet the government requirements. Part of that design is catalytic converters to clean up what’s left in the exhaust after the lean burn engine exhausts it.