Author Question: Explain why California would mandate the installation of catalytic converters in cars at a time when ... (Read 49 times)

anshika · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

Explain why California would mandate the installation of catalytic converters in cars at a time when their use cost energy and degraded performance.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Discuss why would research into transport by ship would be less emphasized than research into other modes of transportation.

What will be an ideal response?

reelove4eva · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

California was dealing with a unique air quality problem in the famous Los
Angeles smog. It was a public health problem of great magnitude and required a strong
response. The converters reduced greatly the cars' emissions.

Answer to Question 2

There are several reasons, the foremost of which is that few people travel by ship.
A different reason is that ships are relatively efficient at moving freight already, so the
payoff in savings is not so great as for other, less efficient, modes of transportation.