[Rhodes22-list] Engines...again.

[anima]

I regularly pee overboard while single handing and no one is the wiser...all
that land with no houses...just have to be on the right tack!
Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
To: <johntonjes at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Engines...again.


> It is getting time for a new subject, at least for this quarter, what
about the difficulty of sex while single handing, or the
> average man takes only 1.5 minutes, or how many ways can a port leak,
"stupid boat ticks", even blowing up a boat from gas fumes in
> the lasserret.
>
> MJM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes at earthlink.net>
> To: "Rhodes org. owners list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:40 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Engines...again.
>
>
> > Roger,
> > OK, so we now know that the four stroke engines do not have a catalytic
converter, which makes them already not very
> environmentally friendly. Catalytic converters were put on vehicles to
reduce the effects of acid rain which is a chemical reaction
> involving the exhausted gases, moisture and sunlight and returns the
moisture as acid rain and is also the major cause of smog.
> > If my college chemistry isn't failing me, the unburned hydrocarbons
emitted from 2 stroke engines, although entering the water
> supply, are simply evaporated by the sunlight in a matter of days. Kind of
what happens with an oil slick from a oil tanker that has
> run aground and broke open. However, I understand that the government
mandated additives in the gasoline stay behind. Seems to me
> you eliminate the additives from the gasoline and it's a toss up as to
which engine pollutes more.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> > John Tonjes
> > johntonjes at earthlink.net
> > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
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