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To: tejek who wrote (4547)	3/7/2005 7:43:51 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

I have heard that cars generate roughly 40-50% of toxic pollutants. Maybe. But that's not directly relevant. Also the hybrids will also produce both toxic pollutants and CO2. Here's an OR study: One that has little to do with CO2. Also its specific to Oregon. I see the hybrid cars as a temporary solution. I am assuming we will go to all electric at some point in the next 20 years. Maybe we will have the ability to start going electric in the next 20 years but we won't be finished with the move. Also all that electricity still has to be generated. In ten years? I think its doable if the gov't got behind it. It might be just barely possible if the government got behind it in a draconian fashion. I don't know......ten years is a long time. I think you might be a little unique. People are running cars longer now. My roomate's car is 9 years old, mine is 10, my sister's car is 8 or 9 years old. I am thinking about getting a new car but even when I do someone will still be driving the old one, its not ready for the junkheap yet. The first world throws off so much of the world's pollutants that if they cut back, overall pollution will go down even with growing developing economies. If the first world did so rapidly this would be true for a time, but eventually China will emit more greenhouse gases then the US. Also if we cut back rapidly the cost will be ruinous. Such diverse places as Costa Rica, Latvia, Singapore, Estonia, Taiwan, S. Korea, Mexico etc are getting more stringent about pollution. That is normal as countries become rich enough to afford polution controls. But normal pollution controls don't cut back on CO2 emissions that much. They are focused on toxins and smog not CO2. Tim