For a long time I have heard environmentalists complain about all of the pollution caused by cars and how people should carpool or ride the bus. But I have yet to hear anyone complain about the big trucks constantly sending VISABLE pollution into the air. I have to take my car in for emissions inspection every year but nobody requires the trucks to do anything.
2006-09-08 05:20:25 · 12 answers · asked by Joe K 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Actually... They ARE doing something about it here in the USA. Those big rigs are belching Sulfur particulate matter when under heavy loads from their Diesel Engines. I am 33 and over the course of my short lifetime I have seen the Diesel Engines get alot more clean burning in the last 20 years.
Also, the EPA is mandating that Diesel Fuel starting this fall be made with Dramatically lower Sulfur Dioxide. This new cleaner fuel for Diesel trucks will Dramatically reduce the pollution coming out of those trucks. As to the Diesel Cars on the road the EPA is mandating even lower emissions starting in 2008. The new systems will be almost as clean as gasoline cars plus get 20% better mileage.
Keep in mind when you see these trucks, and are thinking about pollution, The ratio of work done to the amount of fuel used. The average 'Big Rig' loaded down gets 5-5.5 mpg. The average car gets 22mpg. So the truck uses 4 times the fuel and pollutes 4-5 times as much... but it does 80-100 times the work! So the Relationship between the pollution and the amount of work done,... The Car you are driving is the Less efficient ie. Greater polluter.
2006-09-08 05:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by FreedomLover 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's a scam with the help of the automobile marketplace. There replaced right into a "gentle rail" device the position there have been trollies in various cities (no longer basically San Francisco.) besides the undeniable fact that the large nasty automobile marketplace offered up the trolley device, ripped out the rails, and put in a bus device in various cities. yet, with the creation of vehicles, many busses do not even run in small cities, no longer even Greyhound. i might want to assert lobbying has something to do with it. and they are no longer any diverse. higher, convinced, besides the undeniable fact that it truly is unlike your vehicle's steam-powered and a truck is administered with the help of a set of truck trolls. Buses are not dragon-powered. they're all inner combustion. Their manufacturers have basically lobbied to get a lot less-stringent rules for his or her emissions. and do not get me began on the smoke spewing from factories! Why do not they might want to get inspections on their emissions?
2016-11-25 20:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by sangster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is those over the road trucks are licensed in another state in which emission standards are not so high. Lots of them are licensed in Ohio for some reason, so I would imagine that's how they get away from the emissions standards.
2006-09-14 18:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mark L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because big trucks (semis) are ran by Diesel, not ragular gas. and the diesel has less pollution to it then cars and small trucks. I never have to get my car checked out. why don't you try asking the place where you take your car and see what they have to say?
2006-09-10 15:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make me wonder why cars pull out in front of big trucks knowing they have around 80,000 pound to stop why doesn't anyone complain ABOUT BIG TRUCKS SMOKE THEY DO NT HAVE A SOLUTION 2 IF BIG TRUCKS STOP RUNNING 4 DAYS THIS COUNTRY WOULD NEVER RECOVER NEED-LESS TO SAY WE NEED BIG TRUCK ,IF YOU DO YOUR HOME WORK BEFORE COMPLAINING THE 2005 AND UP BIG TRUCKS HAVE REDUCED THERE EMISSION RATE AND JAKE BRAKES ARE VERY QUIET COMPARED TO LATTER MODELS,ALSO IF WE DO NT GET MORE BIG TRUCKS ON THE ROAD IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING WILL BE GOING UP SHORTAGE HUH ,,TRUCK DRIVERS LIFE SUCKS I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THE TRUCK DRIVER HAS THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN THIS COUNTRY AND CAR AND PICK UP DO NT LIKE EM THERE PICKED OUT BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMPANIES THEY PULL FOR STICKS IT TO THEM AND IF THEY GOT PAID BY THE HOURS THEY WORK THEY WOULD BE THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY I CANT THINK OF ANYONE WHO WANT TO DRIVE A TRUCK ,THOUSANDS OF TRUCK DRIVERS QUIT EVERY YEAR AND DO NT COME BACK CHECK IT OUT DO YOUR HOME WORK ON THE SUBJECT YOU WILL FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THE IDIOTS WHO DRIVE A TRUCK OH YEA THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST STRESS FULL JOB TO BUT WHO CARES SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE FOR THE TRUCK DRIVERS ARE WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE
2006-09-08 09:56:21 · answer #5 · answered by Roy W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you see is particulate matter we call SMOKE
it is what you don't see that is pollution.....
Starting on 2007 model trucks and diesel cars
the Sulfur content of the fuel will be down 80%
compared to 1972
so they ARE doing something about it.
But it will NOT change that dark puff of smoke you see when a truck accelerates....
2006-09-08 05:45:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you, I also live in an area with emissions testing. Why are the trucks exempt?
2006-09-08 05:26:09 · answer #7 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trains spew out 10x more crud than that. Dont see any regulations on them.
2006-09-08 05:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without the trucks hauling most of the civilized world would come to a halt. i'm not bitchin!!
2006-09-08 05:23:03 · answer #9 · answered by doogie494 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you are talking about... I don't know much about the regulations or anything but it looks preety nasty seeing all that black smoot go into the air...
2006-09-08 05:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by LZB217 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋