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Is this an answer?

Reply #15 –
There isn't any feasible way to "offset" NOx and Hydrocarbon emissions once they leave the tailpipe.

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Reply #16 –
Then how about some ideas to alter the program idea (alternative to current emissions procedure) to account for them?

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Reply #17 –
What are your ideas? :)

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Reply #18 –
I'm just trying to keep this discussion going despite your attempts to  all over it and despite a particularly rotten mood. So if you would please, instead of just posting dead-end negative posts about it, how about thinking of some alternatives to keep things going?

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Reply #19 –
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I'm just trying to keep this discussion going despite your attempts to  all over it

It is more injecting a dose of reality than ping up the thread.

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So if you would please, instead of just posting dead-end negative posts about it, how about thinking of some alternatives to keep things going?


Ok. Since current emission protocols are done at the state level, this example will be to.

Install a GPS-based "black box" to calculate the miles driven the car. Odometer based readings can't be used because they can be tampered with too easily. The "black box" records the miles driven by the car. When the car is tested, the NOx and hydrocarbon levels are multiplied by the miles driven. This would give the state a rough idea of the pollutants generated during the year. If this amount exceeded the state's maximum set amount, the user would pay a fine/tax.

If you do this, you're still left with a program that doesn't "reward" those who don't drive much.

Since you can't offset Hydrocarbon and NOx emissions, the only way I see to handle it is to reward those who emit less than what the state deems as average, and punish those who go over.
 

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Reply #20 –
Does it need to be a GPS unit? Couldn't it be something that reads the number of hours the engine has run, and adds up the time spent at certain load values on the computer, or something like that?

Also, while the other two emissions types may not be offset with a program like this, what about collecting the money in a similar manner to the first one and using that money for other types of improvements/benefits/whatever? Road improvements, improvements to more efficient form of transportation, subsidies for people wishing to move to more efficient forms of transportation or people wanting to develop them, etc. (I'm just throwing out random ideas, don't take any of these as an endorsp00get)

I don't know how to directly reward people who drive less.. but then again, do we get rewarded now as it is? I'm pretty sure I don't, for example, and I drive far less than most of you. (except I don't have to hit the gas stations as often.. heh)