News Flash! Cats harm Greenland!

[Joe G.]

I got the January 2002 edition of Discover magazine today. It has an article titled "Take a Deep Breath of Platinum Dust". A study of the pristine snows of Greenland has revealed deposits of heavy metals platinum, rhodium, and palladium. Not good. The source of these heavy metals is (gasp!) catalytic converters on automobiles! Now what is the EPA going to do about this?

 

[Bill Lins]

Originally posted by Joe G.

The source of these heavy metals is (gasp!) catalytic converters on automobiles!

I'm part of the solution, not part of the problem. Bye bye, kitty!

 

[DieselDoghouse]

Kinda like R134a (HFC) which, it's suggested, gets converted to CFC in the atmosphere by intense UV light (Mom Nature saying "right back at ya"). But maybe its ok, the kitty platinum MIGHT bind to the MTBE residues from reformulated gas!! . Well, I gotta go now, gotta update my 'BAD SCIENCE' notebook!!

 

[C Schomer]

Yep, for every action there's a reaction! Or a 'knee jerk' in the case of the EPf#@kinA!

 

[illflem]

Shoot Joe I thought you were going to tell us about felines pooping all over the nice clean snow.

 

[rich m]

Originally posted by Joe G.

Now what is the EPA going to do about this?

they'll probably force the auto mfrs to come up with a better catalyst, thereby causing R+D costs to be "passed on" to the buyers or they'll discredit the findings that you've "Discover" ed. Either way, .



Like was said above, I'm part of the solution! Bye Bye Kitty!