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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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I'll be glad to see these things gone.
EPA Ruling Sets Stage for a Gas Pump Change

Hopefully CA will let them go in peace.

I wasn't aware that new cars did this: "The EPA ruled that Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery (ORVR), technology in all new vehicles sold since 2006 that captures gas vapors during refueling, will soon surpass emission reductions delivered by Stage II systems alone." Is there some kind of vacuum flow while sitting stationary with the fuel cap open? I've never heard of that.
 
Old Feb 16, 2013 | 09:55 AM
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Agree, good riddance. Now it might take another 5 yrs for them to fall off the nozzle.
 
Old Feb 16, 2013 | 10:01 AM
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Sometimes, I think our government has it's collective head someplace the sun doesn't shine, at least not very brightly.

Sorry for the blanket statement, there.

I realize it must have at least SOME redeeming value, I just don't know what it is any more.....

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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bpounds
I wasn't aware that new cars did this: "The EPA ruled that Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery (ORVR), technology in all new vehicles sold since 2006 that captures gas vapors during refueling, will soon surpass emission reductions delivered by Stage II systems alone." Is there some kind of vacuum flow while sitting stationary with the fuel cap open? I've never heard of that.
Here is the scoop on ORVR:
http://ken-gilbert.com/wrx/STi_Manua...)%20System.pdf

It is an entirely passive system of hoses and check valves, to the charcoal canister that has been around for decades. I don't understand how the vapors don't still escape around the filler nozzle. But apparently it is efficient enough at limiting vapor emission.
 
Old Feb 16, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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After decades of use, and literally billions of dollars invested by the petroleum industry, they have the gall to now tell us, "Awww, it wasn't doing that good of a job, anyway."

Just another reason we need a spotless blackboard, and begin anew.......

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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 05:16 AM
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 08:04 AM
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 08:34 AM
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Whereabouts?
Here in Ventura. Not far from where I live now.
 
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