At 09:36 AM 7/12/96 -0500, SHELTON wrote:
 
>It seems to me that the NZ Saab commercial is a bit too good to be true.  
>That said, there were reports on American news a year or so ago about some 
>type of experimental filter being developed in smog-choked Los Angeles which 
>straps onto the radiator and somehow cleans the air as it passes through.  I 
>don't think that this filter is dealing with the pollution produced by the 
>actual car it's attached to, but rather it just takes care of the excess 
>ambient pollution.  Anyone know about this development?  

Hi all:  In November, '95 Ford Motor Company announced that they, in
conjunction with Engelhard Corporation (NYSE - CE) were launching an
international test of "ozone destroying radiators."  The test was scheduled
to run for nine months.  Initial research indicated that the new technology
could turn an ordinary car radiator into smog-eating filtration systems that
would actively fight pollution as they drove along.  That was the last I
heard about it.  I'll have to see if I can find anything new.

Todd Francis             tbf@pacifier.com
'86 Westy Syncro         Vancouver, Wa