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Boltrider
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 01:44 pm: | 
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Froggy, you're missing my point. Keep the CBR, but compare it to a high performance sports car. Surely an F-body Z28 pollutes more than a Ford Contour. |
Boltrider
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 01:55 pm: |
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The bike would probably still lose though. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 02:03 pm: |
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But a Z28 isn't a mainstream car. If you watched the episode, the clearly explained they were discussing people trading in their cars for bikes to save on gas and reduce impact on environment. While I'm sure someone traded in a Mustang GT for a bike, it isn't as likely as a Taurus like tested.
Also, for the hell of it, I looked up a 02 Z28 and a 05 Taurus, the pollution scores from the EPA aren't far apart.
The Camaro would still come a little closer to the bike in terms of pollutants, but it still would be no contest. |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 03:33 pm: |
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One other parameter they should have listed, although it ought to run in same ratio as CO2, fuel consumption.
In that the bikes stomp the cars. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 03:40 pm: |
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Froggy
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 - 03:43 pm: |
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The "New bike" wasn't tested on the same route as the other vehicles, so its not entirely fair to compare them, but I feel they did good with the comparison anyway. |
Azxb9r
| | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 01:08 am: |
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Funny thing about CO2 is that CO2 levels increase with combustion efficiency. A properly tuned engine (one that is efficiently using its fuel mix) will usually have a CO2 level at 12% to 14%. If the engine is running rich, lean, or misfiring, you will see CO2 levels drop well below 10%. While CO2 is one of the most talked about greenhouse gases, it is actually an indicator of a complete combustion process. It is also the least harmful (to humans) of the exhaust gases. |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 01:19 am: |
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Don't forget the total amount of global resources for a bike is much less too.
There's more to it than just gas consumption and emissions. |
Nillaice
| | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 04:15 am: |
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there are so many variables and aspects of efficiency.
while the percentages were measured, the volume of gasses was not.
also gotta take into account tires.
but then you start going beyond entertainment television. i still am gonna e-mail them and ask them to re-do it and use the 1125 DSB |
Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 03:32 pm: |
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That "Fuel Efficiency" chart ought to be labeled "Fuel Consumption". |
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