WORLD WIDE TRENDS IN MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS

Abstract

The emissions front the combustion of fossil fuels are receiving greater attention now that they have for some years. Realisation that the standards designed to control emissions need to be continually reviewed to match the changing industrial environment is leading to much more concern over the issue. Measures which were thought to be sufficient to contain the problem, me now being shown in some cases, to be inadequate.

In order to meet the regulations being adopted throughout the world, engine manufacturers and fuel suppliers have been required to devise new technologies. This has led to a greater awareness, in both of these industries, of the effects that new technology can have on ambient air quality.

Experiences over many yews in other pans of the M'0dd has provided this county with the opportunity to study the end result of different regulatory standards and their long term effects, and to draw meaningful conclusions when considering the directions which should be taken in order to answer that our future generations do not suffer.