-> If you don't believe it can happen look what they have done with
-> other items that are your personal property ie:  your car you can't
-> remove certain parts from your car with out getting a fine even if
-> you can prove that the car can and will run clean with out it, such
-> as the catalytic converter it was forced on us to remove lead from
-> exhaust when we had a choice of two type of gas, now we can only use
-> unleaded gas but you still cannot remove it even though it is not
-> needed any more.
Dear Deforest:
  Catalytic converters do not remove lead from the exhaust. They catalyze, or 
encourage, the burning of hydrocarbons that have left the combustion chamber 
without burning. As a result, the percent of the exhaust composed of unburned 
hydrocarbons is substantially reduced.
  Thank about it--if CC's removed lead, wouldn't you have to stop from time 
to time to get the lead out of your converter? CC's are damaged by lead in 
the gas, so the last thing you want is leaded gas in your car. Now that 
leaded gas is finally gone, cars still don't have perfect combustion, so 
either a CC or an air injection system is used to keep the unburned 
hydrocarbons low.
  There are few health benefits to having the air full of lead compounds.
 Yours, Blair
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