Good going California!
Kaleephornya is a disease in and of itself.
Get rid of California’s anti-business climate, grow the economy, people can afford newer and cleaner cars, bingo!
But no, mister “I left Europe to get away from socialism” wants to raise the damn sales tax.
Actually a ton of pollution that is measured in California comes from China. From what people have told me sometimes you can actually see it coming in.
BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
Which means BU(( $HIT times 10
Stop driving or Stop breathing. Some choice.
You know, I heard this on the radio last week. I think it is some study that just came out, totally bogus. The air pollution is so negligible these days, really not bad at all, at least here in Los Angeles. Sheesh, remember the 1970s here? We have catalytic converters on our cars, etc. You can barely even see the air anymore, and I never see that awful inversion layer just hanging over town.
I think this is bogus, and I think it is just designed to take control of SOME bit of something by the libs.
Just a hunch. The next ‘scare’?? now that GW has been proven ridiculous? I’m not buying it.
Show me the dead bodies, too. And I’d like to see what other variables were involved — alcohol, drugs, lowlife living. What?
If the Latino and Black gangs don’t get you first...
What a crock. There is no way this could be a valid “study” or conclusion.
Scientists should be embarrassed... for this and many many other “studies.”
1) Air pollution from vehicles is worst at an idle than at a steady RPM.
2) Traffic fatalities are reduced when traffic is at an idle.
Therefore, improving traffic flow would increase traffic speeds and lower pollution; however, increased speeds would increase fatalities until fatalities from both causes reach some natural point.
(Something like that, anyway.)
:-\
I have to admit though that I can't believe that the air pollution isn't much better now than back then, based on my visits there during the late 1990's and early 2000's.
As to 'not meeting air quality standards', WHICH standards are they talking about, since they have tightened them several times, like each time the area even got close to meeting whatever standard was then current?
Public enemy number one is the personal automobile.
Until our right to own one is destroyed, look for crap articles like this.
Wow, so if they all stop driving then there won’t be any car accidents and there won’t be so much pollution and they can live forever, cool.
Vallies and basins collect smog naturally, and then you build cities in them. You should have made some better choices locating your cities. The rest of the country won’t be punished for your poor decision making. If you don’t like the air quality, don’t live there.
I guess the point of this liberal crying is to get rid of diesel trucks. Well, California is the biggest failure as a state because of it’s liberal leanings. It’s millions in debt and this business-killing idea would make things worse. Failures.
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