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Originally Posted by john70t View Post
That picture lies because it only shows precentage versus grams/weight of the actual pollution emmited into the atmosphere.
1% of a million(10,000) is much more than 10% of a thousand(100).
It is in parts per million = 1 PMM = 1/1000000
1 % = 1/100, so 1 PMM = 0.0001%

What is skewing the picture is that the total volume of exhaust on the Ford is probably 100 times that of the leaf blower and 4 times that of the Fiat.

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