How can you cut Greenhouse Gas Pollution in your aging fleet?

Greenhouse Gas Pollution To define greenhouse gas pollution as it relates to your delivery fleet, it is caused by the action of the burning of oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.. In regards to the burning of fossil fuels, this pollution is quite simply no more than the that portion of the fuel that entered and then exited the engine via the exhaust pipe(s) unburned. Most anti-pollution efforts today are aimed at modifying the amount of this unburned fuel exiting an engine into more breathable gases.  Until recently, very little attention was paid to simply making the engines more efficient in the first place. If you take a look at this from an engineers point of view, adding a lot of gadgets on the exhaust system simply cuts down the efficiency of that exhaust system, as in causing the exhaust to work harder in order to get out.  This puts more of a strain on the engine in order to push it's exhaust out so that it can then do more work. If more attention was put on burning the fuels more completely, then you would not only have less pollution, you would also have more power from that same amount of fuel. So, how can you make your engine burn it's fuel more completely? Fuel Injectors If your fleet vehicle is 4 years or more old, replacing the fuel injectors will do wonders for you.  Why?  Think of a fuel injector as a mister, similar to a water mister for your plants.  The purpose of this mister is to create a fine mist out of your fuel so that it can burn.  Remember, liquid fuel DOES NOT BURN – it has to be atomized or it will only become pollution, not power. Now include in this picture the fact that your fuel is sent to these fuel injectors at high pressure.  As with any fluid going through a small hole at high pressure, the hole will eventually wear larger.  Once this happens, instead of misting your fuel, your fuel will be squirted.  That is, liquid fuel will now be entering into your engine. And again, liquid fuel cannot burn!  Your mileage will suffer and you will be sending more pollution into the air because you are not atomizing your fuel completely. While it is true that replacing your injectors is a pricey affair, the trade-off is a better running fleet vehicle with more power and cleaner air for you to breath. Air Filters Just as pollution controls clogging up your exhaust will cause your fleet vehicles to work harder to simply move, so will a bad air filter.  If you have ever tried to breath through a bad air filter when you were painting, you would know what your engine is up against with a dirty air filter inside of it. On top of that, most air filters are made out of a type of paper that is cheap and replaceable.  However, you are using paper that will not be recycled when discarded, so you are 'killing trees' with these filters. Not only that, but paper air filters really don't breath very well in the first place!  And if you put on that bad air filter mentioned above and tried to run any distance, you would soon want a better air filter rather badly. If you are using small vehicles in your fleet, you have alternatives that will cause you to end the waste of paper air filters and that are readily available over the counter at most auto parts stores.  For larger fleet vehicles, your filters will have to be special ordered from such as K&N. Not only will you stop killing trees, your engine will run better for it and your mileage may improve as well. Of course, a very simple, inexpensive measure can be taken to drastically cut your fleet vehicle greenhouse gas pollution, but that would be considered promotion, so I will leave you with the above as a good starter. 2009-08-18T22:53:45Z

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Cutting your aging fleet vehicles' greenhouse gas pollution is very simple, and not really that pricey.