1.4 billion people live in poverty

[James Deuce]

It's in the cheese in a can.

[peasea]

No matter how hard you guys try... sorry, IT doesn't cut it as far as Redneckism is concerned



Toluene, where?

In our petrol, old bean.

Lifted it directly from;

http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/Mul...____10256.aspx

"Changes Proposed to the Regulations
Current Regulations Proposed changes
Benzene: 5% maximum by mass (equivalent to around 4.2% maximum by volume) Immediate change to specifying benzene content as % by volume; set at 4% maximum
Stage 1 reduction to 3% maximum by volume
Stage 2 reduction to 1% maximum by volume

The immediate change will align with international practice by specifying benzene limits as a percentage volume.

Benzene is a useful source of octane. Reducing allowable benzene levels will mean other high-octane constituents or additives will need to be used. However, reducing the benzene content of petrol is seen as a priority over reduction of other aromatic compounds such as toluene and xylene, which have lesser health effects but are also good sources of octane.

A staged reduction to 1% is proposed to align with Australia. This timetable recognises that refineries in the Asia-Pacific region are not all able to meet the 3% and 1% benzene limits. The Marsden Point Refinery will require capital investment with a 3-5 year lead time to meet the 1% limit. Estimates based on overseas figures indicate that it could cost about $NZ25-35 million."

Unleaded gasoline was never meant to be burnt without a catalytic convertor installed on the vehicle to 'scrub' the gasses of carcinogens. However, there is no legislation in NZ to prevent the removal (and failure to replace) cat cons. Cat cons are expensive and (more often than not) rob some power. So, boy racers remove them for a slight power gain, other motorists simply go for the cheap option of a resonator or simple muffler when the cat con becomes blocked (which they do, over time) and out come the carcinogens.

Added to that little lot there are hundreds (if not thousands) of used cat cons, complete with a plethora of heavy metals, being poured into our landfills every month. It's been like that since the introduction of ULP in NZ and was/is compounded by the mass importation of used cars with blocked or close to blocked cat cons.

I could go on but I think you get the picture.

Cheers.

[smoky]

After the negative responce on here - I was pleasantly to see a few KB faces on Monday night, thanks for taking the time to come along
It was interesting