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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

All the cars on Planet Earth together cause the most pollution. Once someone has a car, they don't want to be without one. For that reason, the environmentalist keep fighting to have cars as non-polluting as possible.


On May 19 09:59 AM bobbobwhite wrote:

> Re auto pollution standards: All the concern is with cars. What about
> unregulated pollution from other sources that is never calculated
> into the auto figures or as a defined, specified contributor to overall
> CO2 pollution? These are construction machines, mining machines,
> buses, all sizes of cargo trucks, NASCAR, drag racers, sprint racers,
> all modified competition vehicles such as demolition derby participants
> and monster trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers, gas trimmers and blowers,
> ATV's, outboard and inboard boat engines, gas generators, gas compressors,
> and much more. Everywhere you look there are many of these working
> every day, obviously adding greatly to the problem but never directly
> included in gov't studies.
>
> I have never read anything anywhere where the effects of the above
> machines were calculated into the overall air pollution figures.
> I truly would like to know the amount of CO2 they produce and add
> to the problem in comparison to that produced only by cars.

The Perfect Storm: Three Forces to Undo the Recovery

The present administration is changing existing rules to suit itself. I'm surprised it hasn't said "we have to be flexible" or "extraordinary times demand extraordinary methods" or "our desired end DOES justify our means" More and more our situation reminds me of George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

Actually, Americans Are Not Saving Yet

When serious inflation comes to the US (and I really think it will) savers will be punished. I've acted in this bad movie before in the seventies. If you are debt free and have spare cash spend spend spend. Buy some jewelry, nice furniture, remodel your kitchen, get a nose job, whatever. Everything is going to cost lots lots more.

Causes of and Cures for the Economic Crisis

Peter - hopefully SOME of the congresspersons realize how valuable and valid your testimony was. I'm going to try and e-mail it to my congressman who is on the Ways and Means Committee. He is against offshore drilling, really against use of fossil fuels. He has been brainwashed into thinking research in alternative energy is the magic wand to eliminating our dependence on foreign oil and lessening our trade deficit. I'm glad you pointed out to the committee that the environmental groups have to be told to be happy with what has already been done in this country. If we give them any more here the "polluters" will continue the trek to other areas. The USA and Canada are probably the cleanest developed countries on the face of the earth. If anyone knows of any better, let me know in a comment on this post. Your testimony was a real page turner - I look forward to reading your other work.