Re: electric power surplus

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Recent news articles have reported parental concern over cleanliness is
robbing their children of much needed exposure to antigens, microbes, etc.
necessary for a healthy immune system.  A Dr. friend told me that the
French have had this belief for some time.


"There is no way to retrofit a 1954 Buick to be a non-polluting car."

If you mean low CO2 emission, yes.  However, I think an aggressive
catalytic converter will eliminate the RHC (reactive hydrocarbons) and CO.
True, the NOx's reduction requires a low compression ratio;  that would
require another engine, unless it's a low end Buik with a low performance
engine.  Unfortunately, more efficient (thermodynamically) engines are NOx
polluters

bc


Bob LaMontagne wrote:

> Having a daughter with asthma, I've followed the literature with special
> interest. There are lots of theories and correlation related to the
> increase in childhood asthma. Probably the most fascinating is the
> positive correlation between wealth and asthma. It happens in fairly
> homogeneous regions, like the US northeast, where asthma is more
> prevalent in the richer suburbs than the poorer inner city areas. It
> also happens on the international scale. In the affluent West, such as
> the US and Europe, which tend to have lower pollution than developing
> nations, 40% of kids may have asthma, whereas heavily polluted regions
> like China show remarkably less.

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> John Barrer wrote:
>
> > NOBODY is saying "absolutely no man-made pollutants"!
> > Let's stop with the artificial cataclysmic strawmen,

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> Ford motors just got killed in an attempt to market a low poluting
> vehicle. Nobody wanted to buy it. People will not buy a car that doesn't
> offer something more than low polution. Honda, on the other hand, has
> produced a stylish hybrid car that can actually accelerate - as a long
> time Honda owner who drives long distances a couple of times a week, I'm
> seriously considering purchasing one. I'd encourage anyone who is
> considering a new car to test drive one - they're a real surprise. And
> yes, I agree that the CAFE standards have contributed to these kind of
> cars being available. On the other hand, these evolving standards have
> come about by long argument from many different interests and have
> become possible because of improved ability to manufacture cars and
> other items to increasing tighter tolerances. There is no way to
> retrofit a 1954 Buick to be a non-polluting car. If there is a true
> demand for something, businesses are remarkably adept at providing the
> desired product. I think we're more or less on the same page with this
> one - we just have somewhat different time-tables.
>
> > Your arguments sound exactly like those of our

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