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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:22:57 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:51:57 GMT, the renowned Rich Grise
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:00:33 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:58:05 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:33:05 GMT, the renowned Richard the Dreaded
Libertarian wrote:

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:12:33 -0600, Martin H. Eastburn wrote:

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:12:33 -0600, Martin H. Eastburn top-posted:

The SUN is getting warmer. We feel that. Mt. St. Helens dumps 100's of tons
of S02 into the air each year - far exceeding cars and power plants of the region.

The little one in the Philippines cooled the earth by 1 degree by dumping more
crap into the air than all trucks, cars, motorcycles and ... of all time. Far worse
than many thought at the time - but remember it was a colder year and the stars were
colored.....

The oilfields that burned in IRAQ and the triangle area of Kuwait put black soot
around the world.

The UK was a very dusty place to live in for many years. Now cleaner, how about more.

I had a very interesting experience the last time I emigrated from
Minnesota to California - when I was coming down from the high desert, I
crested the rise, and all I saw was blue sky! I was flabbergasted! Just
about 15 or 20 years ago, the whole sky over the LA basin was brown.

People bitch about harsh smog regs, but somebody's doing something right! :-)

Cheers!
Rich

The air in major (and not so major) Chinese cities is barely
breathable these days.

Clean up the CA automotive emissions and export half of the industry
and things are bound to start looking up, environmentally speaking.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

I presume you meant by CA = Canada ??

Because CA = California has the most stringent smog laws in the world.

...Jim Thompson

My point is that they *have* tightened auto emission standards in
Californie, so things are now noticably better than when I lived
there, air-wise. Do any other jurisdictions have the vapor suckers on
gas pumps?

Some AZ stations do, though it's not mandatory yet.

And, possibly interestingly, they don't seem to have a terribly adverse
effect on car sales. :-)

Like there's an alternative, eh?

Sales are so high in CA that they only sell at list... sometimes
above.

And it _is_ nice to see blue sky when you go outside. :-)

Then again, it's the rainy season in So.Cal, so the air gets pretty much
washed about this time of year. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

We MAY get rain tonight... first time in almost 5 months... so I can
celebrate my un-birthday on the patio at midnight ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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