The catalytic converter was designed to pull smog from car exhaust, and it does. But it also spews greenhouse gases and rearranges smog-causing nitrogen and oxygen into nitrous oxide, a euphoria-enducing compound that's more than 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Some Environmental Protection Agency officials downplayed the findings of their report's conclusions and said minor adjustments in catalytic converters could remedy the problem. Which is good news for the Earth, but bad news for tailpipe-sucking dope fiends.
Exhaust-ed
The catalytic converter was designed to pull smog from car exhaust, and it does. But it also spews greenhouse gases and rearranges smog-causing nitrogen and oxygen into nitrous oxide, a euphoria-enducing compound that's more than 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Some Environmental Protection Agency officials downplayed the findings of their report's conclusions and […]
