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Susan Carpenter of the LA Times is apologetic, for she bears some bad news for those wrongly under the impression that motorcycles are win-win regarding all things environmental. Though bikes can be twice as fuel efficient as cars, Carpenter's column elucidates the fact that the ability of bikes to extract more power from gasoline also means that they emit more smog causing oxides of nitrogen.
John Swanton of the Air Resources Board is quoted as saying, "The emissions picture [for motorcycles] is fairly grim," but he goes on to say that "we think it's fair for where motorcycles are today." With Euro III and CARB restrictions already clamping down on bike emissions and the EPA setting tougher standards that will take effect in 2010, the article suggests there are no immediate plans for further government regulation.
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" Though bikes can be twice as fuel efficient as cars, Carpenter's column elucidates the fact that the ability of bikes to extract more power from gasoline also means that they emit more smog causing oxides of nitrogen. "
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