The average person is familiar with snowmobiles that zoom over freshwater lakes during the winter. Unbiased? NO! SNOWMOBILES CAN BE BIG POLLUTERS A form of pollution, direct pollution into fresh water, can be caused by the emission of the unburned fuel from 2-stroke motors in snowmobiles, which goes directly into the water. Probably easier to divert to the main engine type and fuel delivery mechanisms than it is to keep this article up to date. Emmissions between the 2 is a rapidly changing subject, with design ramifications beyond the scope of this article. I think that the seperate article for 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines could be referenced and leave the pertinent facts in those sections.
I feel that there's an inherent bias against 2-stroke engines presented in the article. If you banned snowmobiling from the planet, you would see no change in the environment. Clearly snowmobiling plays only a miniscule part in any perceived environmental problem. The amount of fuel used in industry, other forms of transportation and in homes and producing food. When you take into account the number of acres taken up by industry, homes, and highways. I am not sure why environmental impact is even mentioned. Will Beback 22:16, (UTC) I concur, it doesn't seem disproportionate. Most of the political and legal debate over snowmobiles is based on their environmental impact. Aside from that, it appears in appropriate in context. The environmental impact section has 268 words. Some general article cleanup is in order!Īnyone getting a feel that this is a BIASED article? with the enviormental impact about the same size of the ENTIRE ARTICLE, somthing is wrong. I live in the area and nobody knows who this guy is and I can’t find anything in Google on him. I removed this from the subculture section: “In recent years, Andrew Horn of Anchorage, AK has been lighting up the area with his own version of freestyle snowmachining.” I’ve added a new performance section as modifications to enhance performance are common. 12 Reasoning for Deleting Certain Links.11 Sentence in History Section needs rewording.