Brian,
How about the military aircraft that have no pollution restrictions
whatsoever. Go to an airport that has some military cargo aircraft and
compare their exhaust with that of a commercial airliner.
Of course, when you talk about trucks you're not just talking 18-wheelers.
All of these pickups and SUVs are allowed by law to run dirtier than
automobiles. They contribute more than their fair share of pollution not to
mention wasting resources through poor fuel economy. If they were
legitimate farm equipment, I'd say that was fair enough, but most of the
ones I see seem to be driven by lone women of petite stature.
I think we might go easy on the railroad locomotives because they must move
an awful lot of goods for the amount of pollution they put out.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Kemp" <bk13@earthlink.net>
To: <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:55 PM
Subject: RE: Smog laws again
>
> >I'm going to go out on a limb here and agree with Bill. For some time I
> >have been unable to reconcile my concerns with the air we breath, the
> >ozone, etc., and my love for driving classic cars. Now don't go tell me
> >that a well maintained 50's/60's sports car is clean compared to today's
> >cars.
>
> I was listening to a guy of unknown credibility talking about sources of
smog.
> He said private automobiles were a minor source of smog. I don't remember
most
> of the specifics, but one of the things he said was that a single jet
taking off
> from LAX polluted more than all the Honda's in Los Angeles County. He
also
> commented about trains and trucks.
>
> The difference being that the later groups are organized not easy to push
> around. Do any of the more informed members of the list have information
on any
> studies like this?
>
> Any comparison about the hundreds of pounds of lead in the typical
electric
> vehicles vs tailpipe emissions or a regular gasoline engine and natural
gas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Kemp
> 72 TR6 that gets better gas mileage than my 91 Subaru
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