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On 5/4/2016 1:03 PM, wrote:
Follow that open ended pipe back a bit; see the catalytic converter?

Follow back a bit more; see all the crap to reduce emmisions?

Ever looked under the hood of a car from the 50's?

In the LA area, air concentrations of volatile organic compounds declined
by a factor of 50 between 1962 and 2012. Nitrous oxides and ozone declined
by 70% to 80% over the same period of time.

As for "dump our trash", dairy farms now get fined for spilling milk.

Along with you, I applaud the progress that has been made in the past.
That said, wave your arms all you want, talk about spilled milk all you
want, the fact will remain that vehicle emissions are a major
contributor to air pollution.

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:50:12 PM UTC-4, Vaughn Simon wrote:
On 5/4/2016 1:03 PM, wrote:
Follow that open ended pipe back a bit; see the catalytic converter?

Follow back a bit more; see all the crap to reduce emmisions?

Ever looked under the hood of a car from the 50's?

In the LA area, air concentrations of volatile organic compounds declined
by a factor of 50 between 1962 and 2012. Nitrous oxides and ozone declined
by 70% to 80% over the same period of time.

As for "dump our trash", dairy farms now get fined for spilling milk.

Along with you, I applaud the progress that has been made in the past.
That said, wave your arms all you want, talk about spilled milk all you
want, the fact will remain that vehicle emissions are a major
contributor to air pollution.

As of 2011, there are over one billion cars in operation daily
on planet earth. The implications are obvious.

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wrote:
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:50:12 PM UTC-4, Vaughn Simon wrote:
On 5/4/2016 1:03 PM, wrote:
Follow that open ended pipe back a bit; see the catalytic converter?

Follow back a bit more; see all the crap to reduce emmisions?

Ever looked under the hood of a car from the 50's?

In the LA area, air concentrations of volatile organic compounds declined
by a factor of 50 between 1962 and 2012. Nitrous oxides and ozone declined
by 70% to 80% over the same period of time.

As for "dump our trash", dairy farms now get fined for spilling milk.

Along with you, I applaud the progress that has been made in the past.
That said, wave your arms all you want, talk about spilled milk all you
want, the fact will remain that vehicle emissions are a major
contributor to air pollution.

As of 2011, there are over one billion cars in operation daily
on planet earth. The implications are obvious.

Yes; people are more mobile than they have ever been.

There are also about 2.5 million wood stoves and heaters in the USA.

There are more 2,400 coal-fired power stations are under construction
or being planned around the world; none of them in the USA where they
are shutting down.


--
Jim Pennino

wrote:
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:50:12 PM UTC-4, Vaughn Simon wrote:
On 5/4/2016 1:03 PM, wrote:
Follow that open ended pipe back a bit; see the catalytic converter?

Follow back a bit more; see all the crap to reduce emmisions?

Ever looked under the hood of a car from the 50's?

In the LA area, air concentrations of volatile organic compounds declined
by a factor of 50 between 1962 and 2012. Nitrous oxides and ozone declined
by 70% to 80% over the same period of time.

As for "dump our trash", dairy farms now get fined for spilling milk.

Along with you, I applaud the progress that has been made in the past.
That said, wave your arms all you want, talk about spilled milk all you
want, the fact will remain that vehicle emissions are a major
contributor to air pollution.

As of 2011, there are over one billion cars in operation daily
on planet earth. The implications are obvious.

Nope, less than 800 million cars; you are counting trucks and buses.

--
Jim Pennino

Vaughn Simon wrote:
On 5/4/2016 1:03 PM, wrote:
Follow that open ended pipe back a bit; see the catalytic converter?

Follow back a bit more; see all the crap to reduce emmisions?

Ever looked under the hood of a car from the 50's?

In the LA area, air concentrations of volatile organic compounds declined
by a factor of 50 between 1962 and 2012. Nitrous oxides and ozone declined
by 70% to 80% over the same period of time.

As for "dump our trash", dairy farms now get fined for spilling milk.

Along with you, I applaud the progress that has been made in the past.
That said, wave your arms all you want, talk about spilled milk all you
want, the fact will remain that vehicle emissions are a major
contributor to air pollution.

That depends on what air pollution you are talking about; 80% of volatile
organic compounds in the US, which combine with NO2 in the presense of
sunlight to produce smog, come from biological sources, e.g. trees.

If you are talking just about air pollutants generated by humans, all
transportation, cars, trucks, ships, airplanes, etc., accounts for 27%.



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Jim Pennino