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Originally Posted by Tannaton
EGR is nothing to do with saving the planet or global warming - it's about toxic particles (NOx) in people's lungs in densely populated areas.
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Absolutely.
There's an environmental factor though whether you're thinking about localised air quality or the global impact in building a replacement car from scratch and all of the associated materials and logistics. It's all environment at the end of the day whether global or macro.
Some only look at the tailpipe figures for their current car without any consideration for how many materials have been consumed to fulfil their car preferences over a prolonged number of years.
My Euro 3 may produce more NOx than modern equivalents but it also uses less fuel and in its 19 year life had a significantly smaller impact on the environment versus buying 5 or 6 replacements every few years.
If someone can't or won't make a car last 10+ years, they really have no business pointing fingers at those that do.