I think that this stat still rises to the level of being actively deceptive though.
Most people are going to take the term "Hydrocarbon emissions" to mean C02 emissions, even though it's referring to a different thing.
Most people are going to take the term "Hydrocarbon emissions" to mean C02 emissions, even though it's referring to a different thing.
(Disclaimer: I've never met or interacted with Nicole, but I know people that have, so I'm likely biased to assume good intent.)
The image, and the claim within it, is actively deceptive because it's not true.
You're right that there isn't orders of magnitude more CO2 from a two stroke, but there are orders magnitude more CO, as well as these literal "emitted hydrocarbons", which I think it what the direct claim the art intends to illustrate with either dinfinition. But the fact we're having this conversation is evidence the claim at the very least isn't clear.