Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!optilink!cramer From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: ba.transportation,ca.environment,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Fuel efficiency Message-ID: <4522@optilink.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 90 17:08:30 GMT References: <38772@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1990Sep20.231021.5512@amd.com> Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 22 In article , jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: > > Also, pollution standards are in grams per mile, not parts per > > million, so that the average Lincoln Town Car puts out no more > > of the nasty pollutants than a Honda Civic. > .-. > |T|his sounds wrong to me. If a Lincoln sucks up (e.g.) 3 times > `-' as much gas as a Honda, it's got to deal with (e.g.) 3 times > as much output. Because emission standards are in grams per mile, It means that the Lincoln has to produce LESS pollutants from a gallon of gas than the Honda. > |A|lso, is carbon dioxide considered a pollutant in this scheme? No. But then again, if it were, humans would need air pollution control devices. -- Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer If "right of the people" in the Second Amendment doesn't refer to an individual right, what does it refer to in the First & Fourth Amendments? You must be kidding! No company would hold opinions like mine!