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tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 3:15 pm Post subject: Polluting the atmosphere

Apparently, a car is to be clamped in a carpark in Peckham and left with the engine continually running for a year, in the name of 'art'. It's expected that it will produce 4 tons of CO2 during this time, and is supposedly a protest at the amount of pollution cars generate.

So how exactly is adding another 4 tons of the stuff into the atmosphere supposed to help? And can you imagine if you're living near to that car park?

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 3:18 pm Post subject:
Some 'artist' planned to leave a tap running for a year to 'symbolise the wastage of modern society' Twaddle. The gallery pulled the plug (pun intended) after a week or two when the local water board threatened to sue them over water wastage or some other such thing.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 3:56 pm Post subject:
How do you calculate the emmission tonnage?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 4:02 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

How do you calculate the emmission tonnage?

Surely you can do that from how much fuel gets used?

Although off the top of my head, I haven't got the numbers to do that calculation.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 4:07 pm Post subject:
I know that the pollution figures are usually based on grammes co2 /kilometre. But as it's just idling I haven't a clue. Be interesting to know what the total weight of fuel consumed would be.

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 4:11 pm Post subject:
Isn't deliberate wastage to protest against waste in the same category as 'fighting for peace' and the old T-shirt favourite 'screwing for virginity'...?

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 05 4:54 pm Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

Some 'artist' planned to leave a tap running for a year to 'symbolise the wastage of modern society' Twaddle.
The gallery pulled the plug (pun intended) after a week or two when the local water board threatened to sue them over water wastage or some other such thing.

Excellent - as this car is supposed to be quite old, maybe they could get him under the emissions legislation?

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