Detroit \u2014 As Greg noted yesterday, activist Bill McKibben took to the pages of the Washington Post\u2019s Earth Day edition to moan, \u201cForty years in, we\u2019re losing.\u201d <\/P>
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It is a sentiment echoed by his green allies in the media and public office. To admit progress would strip them of the power of perpetual and proliferating regulation that, incredibly, now encompasses CO2 \u2014 the very air we breathe. And yet McKibben\u2019s comment is demonstrably false. <\/P>
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Take a simple benchmark: the iconic American muscle car, the Ford Mustang.<\/P>
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The Mustang\u2019s evolution is a marvel of the relentless advance of engineering in a demanding, competitive consumer market. As Autoweek magazine explains, \u201cthe 1970 Ford Mustang pollutes more parked in a driveway than a 2010 Mustang does traveling down the road\u201d:<\/P>
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The operating 2010 Mustang is 98.5 percent cleaner than the 1970 with its engine shut off, according to Ed Kulick, an emissions regulatory planner in Ford\u2019s vehicle Environmental Engineering Department.<\/P>
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The \u201910 Mustang has demand-based fuel injection with no return lines, hydrocarbon impermeable fluorocarbon gaskets and evaporative emissions canisters that eliminate gasoline vapor seepage, even during refueling. The \u201970 Mustang emitted the equivalent of 3.7 grams of hydrocarbon (HC) per mile sitting still, according to Kulick. The \u201910 is certified at 0.055 gram of HC per mile when cruising the interstate at 70 mph.<\/P>
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The 1970 \u2019Stang had Detroit\u2019s first rudimentary apparatus to control exhaust emissions It met federal standards of 4.3 grams of HC, 39.6 grams of carbon monoxide (CO) and 4.1 grams of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) per mile. The 2010 generates no more than 0.055 gram HC, 2.1 grams of CO and 0.070 gram of NOx, for reductions of 98.7 percent, 94.7 percent and 98.3 percent, respectively.<\/P>
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Happy Earth Day. Now can\u2019t we move on to solving a real problem, like AIDS?<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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