Namely, the emissions of three gasses, particularly:
2. Carbon monoxide, a product of incomplete combustion, and
3. Oxides of nitrogen, better known as Knox (or NOx), a byproduct of pressure and temperature exceeding 2500 degrees, resulting from the processes of combustion from the internal combustion engine.
Ideally, if there were such a perfect combustion and all the air and fuel were consumed in the combustion process, the byproduct of this reaction is carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2o).
As a technician and instructor, I like to see high CO2.
This indicates to me that the engine is functioning efficiently. Hence, the dilemma for the U.S. EPA.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
Facing the Lone Option
In order to reduce the production of the greenhouse gasses, this nation will have to develop other power plants, engines that operate on fuel other than fossil fuel.
Cars that operate on hydrogen and oxygen by combining these they produce water (H2O) are fuel cell and 100 percent electric.
When Revolution Began
The internal combustion engine has been the main form of transportation since of the beginning of the 19th century.
In a sense, this was the true beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
This is what made America the powerhouse that it is today.
In the 1960s, nuclear power was spouted as the source of power for the future.
Taking Umbrage
This was an affront to the oil- producing companies that were in bed with OPEC. Seeing that their share of the energy market was in jeopardy, they turned to the automotive industry.
Of course, America was in love with the automobiles. Detroit was making big muscle cars that were thirsty for petroleum. Tragically, the infamous 1979 incident in an old, dilapidated nuclear power plant, the first of its kind, on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania became a pivotal moment, a turning point in our history.
Seizing a Larger Chunk
This, of course, was an opportunity for the oil- producing companies to increase their market share. They accomplished this feat by spreading fear and misinformation to the population about the dangers of nuclear power.
Oil was declared cheap, abundant, safe.
Oil only cost $2 per barrel to produce.
In the meantime, we became more dependent on Middle East oil. We imported 60 percent of our national need.
Oil at the Bartering Table
This was at the time of the Cold War. The Arab countries in the Middle East were stocking up on weapons from Russia to use against the Israel, the only ally the U.S. has in the region.
The Arabs learned to use oil as a weapon against us. They have been creative in manipulating this weapon. Their strategy is to weaken our economy by spiking oil prices while they stash plenty of money in their war chest.
Strategy of Enemies
Then Iran, Al Qaeda and the neonazis do something to provoke a war against the West. While we stagger and wallow in economic doldrums, they strike like the Amalekites of the Bible.
As you may know, the U.S. oil companies are in bed with these murderers, and they value only one goal:
To grow richer.
A Religious Message
Personally, I see this greenhouse gas issue as an act by the Almighty to force America away from OPEC. We shouldn’t, he is saying, be so scared, so dependent on those forces that undermine every good thing we stand for.
And by the way, that is why we are blessed with wealth.
A Pivotal Warning
We had a warning in the early 1970s. Brazil saw the writing on the wall.
But the oil companies assured us the crisis would pass.
By the late ‘70s, these oil magnates were saying that if Washington would just summon the courage to break off relations with Israel, things would be much better for America.
The Payoff
Our country had just elected the biggest as President an obscure anti-Semitic peanut farmer from George.
He applied pressure on Menachem Begin, Israel’s Prime Minister, and we have been paying at the pump, and elsewhere, ever since.
Henry Asher is an instructor in mechanics in the4 San Fernando Valley.
