Fighting back against the Law of Unintended Consequences

1. Reduction of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen and oxygen: 2NO_x → xO₂ + N₂
2. Oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide: 2CO + O₂ → 2CO₂
3. Oxidation of unburnt hydrocarbons (HC) to carbon dioxide and water: 2C_xH_y + (2x+y/2)O₂ → 2xCO₂ + yH₂O

Gov. Jim Doyle is not selling his decision to eliminate emissions testing on old cars the correct way. This isn't about saving the state some money or due to the difficulty in testing these beaters. He needs to say he is doing it to FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING.

The problem with modern "low emissions" vehicles is that they reduce greenhouse gas neutral emissions with the worst greenhouse gas known to Manbearpig and Nobel Laureate Al Gore: CARBON DIOXIDE! {Insert screaming sound effect here}

The reactions shown at the top of this post are what happen in your catalytic converter. Yet another example of bad things happening when liberal environmental activists act. We've cleaned up our local environment at the expense of the planet as a whole. Without modern vehicle emissions standards, the amount of carbon dioxide spewed into the environment since 1975 would be exponentially lower.