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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (23191)5/30/2003 7:48:55 PM
From: quehubo  Read Replies (1) of 206110
 
Arch - I have seen data from the US EPA that shows that the air in the USA is very significantly cleaner now than it was 20-30 years ago. Fuel consumption has increased dramatically since then. Because of emissions control devices we are burning much more fuel and emitting far less absolute tons of pollutants.

Problem #1.
"The consumption and production of oil spoil the environment."

His reply - "air pollution from combustion-diminish as technology progresses" - a childish distortion of the truth.
Engines have become more efficient, but air pollution from combustion has not diminished because a) the total number of sources has increased b)efficiecy gains are offset by larger engines (ie avg. fuel economy hasn't changed - or has it gotten worse?).
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