Just removing even 10 percent of the SUV's from the roads around here will really lower the amount of traffic congestion in this area - it is the 2nd worse in the country. it would also let the area meet these air pollution standards.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Jeep Grand Cherokee > > > Funny that - here in DC they say we are no longer meeting the > pollution > guidelines (and I believe them due to the number of red alert > (for smog and > ozone) days we have every summer) and are going to lose > federal funding > because of the increase in pollution caused by the number of > larger vehicles > on the roads around here. > > But as long as those silly women (and men!) feel that they > can transport > their purse more safely in a larger vehicle then who am I to > criticize? Of > course when I am king most of those people won't be allowed to drive a > shopping cart, let alone a car.... > > e > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Jeep Grand Cherokee > > > The oil dependency argument is a myth, which is why the > Saudis made it clear > that they won't use oil as a weapon -- the know it won't > work. It didn't > work in the 1970s and it won't work now, especially now since > world oil > reserves are larger and more diverse now than 30 years ago. > As for running > out of oil any time soon -- see my earlier link I posted > about oil field > recharging and this: > http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/jon/world-oil.dir/lynch/worldoil.html > > As for pollution: > > Actually, pollution has decreased ... this from the EPA: > > "Nationally, air quality concentration data taken from thousands of > monitoring stations across the country has continued to show > improvement > since the 1980's for CO, Pb, NO2, O3, PM, and SO2. In fact, > all the years > throughout the 1990's have shown better air quality than any > of the years in > the 1980's. This steady trend of improvement resulted despite > the fact that > weather conditions in the 1990's were generally more > conducive to higher > pollution levels, such as ground-level ozone formation." > http://www.epa.gov/air/aqtrnd97/brochure/highlts.html > > So, as there have been more and more SUVs there has been less and less > pollution. > > Again, political correctness speaks out and falls short of the facts. > > H. > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
