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Around the 1950’s, when car companies such as Cadillac and Buick truly came into their own, the diesel engines used in a lot of the models produced such a high level of pollution that the more affluent municipalities of towns and cities would often suffer under expansive Smog clouds. The longest ‘Smog Storm’ lasted for fifteen days, and affected Chicago in 1956.

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  • Around the 1950’s, when car companies such as Cadillac and Buick truly came into their own, the diesel engines used in a lot of the models produced such a high level of pollution that the more affluent municipalities of towns and cities would often suffer under expansive Smog clouds. The longest ‘Smog Storm’ lasted for fifteen days, and affected Chicago in 1956.
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  • Around the 1950’s, when car companies such as Cadillac and Buick truly came into their own, the diesel engines used in a lot of the models produced such a high level of pollution that the more affluent municipalities of towns and cities would often suffer under expansive Smog clouds. The longest ‘Smog Storm’ lasted for fifteen days, and affected Chicago in 1956. It didn’t take long for the American government to realise that such conditions were not conducive to a healthy populace, and so they started to implement stricter and more rigorous tests upon automobile emissions. Various scientists and engineers were tasked with the task of developing a way to reduce the pollutants emitted by automobiles. Such pollutants included deadly chemical compositions such as carbon monoxide (referred to scientifically as ‘suicide gas’) and nitrogen oxides (which contribute to Smog and acid rain). A way had to be found that would break down these compounds within the engine, using a sensible air-to-fuel ratio.
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