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“Millions of people die from preventable exposure to diesel exhaust. There is a technological solution that requires no modification to current diesel or gas engines or fuel distribution infrastructure. Let's use it.” — JERRY TRIPPE, TRANSTEC FOUNDER
Our Mission:
Bridge the
Transition to a
Greener Future
We can reduce death & disease from diesel emissions today
Unacceptably high costs of PM air pollution
Non-carbon energy sources must replace fossil fuels to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. We are making progress, but not nearly fast enough. What we need right now is a bridge to take us from here to there. Our mission is to spread the word that this bridge is already available. Public health administrators, environmental regulators, government leaders, scientists and activists...our mission is to inform and empower change agents everywhere to deploy this bridge to a greener future NOW, before any more time is wasted.
According to the World Health Organization, 3.7 million people died worldwide in 2012 alone from the chronic or the acute effects of breathing in atmospheric pollutants. (When the effects of household air pollution are added, that total rises to 7 million.)
The vast majority of these deaths (91%) occur in the developing world where they represent a significant barrier to economic growth in the form of lost productivity and increased healthcare costs. But this problem is truly global. High-income countries are not immune. Every year, almost half a million people die prematurely in Europe from exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ), ozone (O3 ), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from diesel emissions. (Data source: World Health Organization 22 September 2021)
Particulates (PM2.5)
Nitrogen Oxides
Ozone (O3)
Air pollution contributes to ~16,000 premature births in the United States each year, costing $4.33 billion annually, a new study has found.
Most of the cost, $3.57 billion, is in lost productivity related to the physical and mental disabilities that arise from being born prematurely, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, an associate professor at New York University's Langone Medical Center, and colleagues reported in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The rest is spent on extended hospital stays associated with premature birth.
A small increase in long-term exposure to PM2.5 leads to a large increase in the COVID-19 death.
Wu X, et al. Air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: Strengths and limitations of an ecological regression analysis. Sci Adv. 2020 Nov 4;6(45):eabd4049
Why take a chance on unfamiliar technology?
Because nothing else can do this
.....watch the
right-hand explosion.....
this is the field test that launched our research
Because nothing else can rapidly fix this problem. Conventional regulatory, technological, and economic approaches take years and make only marginal improvements. In the meantime, millions of people will die from pollution-related causes and trillions will be spent. The cost of incremental change is unacceptably high. (Data source: World Health Organization. Economic cost of the health consequences of air pollution in Europe.)
● 524,000 premature deaths annually in EU 40 countries.
● A quarter of a million hospital admissions.
● 100 million lost working days cumulatively costing over €900 billion.
● €1.28 trillion annual economic cost of health impacts, morbidity, lost workforce productivity.
● Total annual morbidity and mortality costs estimated at €1.43 trillion per year.
What you see here is the difference between incomplete and complete combustion
When untreated jet fuel is sprayed and ignited, you get an explosive fireball and cloud of particulate matter and toxic gasses. When treated fuel is sprayed and ignited, you get a tight controlled flame with only a wisp of smoke. This is what complete combustion looks like.
The same thing happens inside a diesel engine
-- anywhere liquid hydrocarbon fuel is burned: tractors, jet engines, diesel generators, container ships, anywhere