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- From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
- Subject: Re: Remember ...
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:27:08 GMT
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- In article <1420@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson) writes:
- >: Well, I've heard that VP-elect Gore has written in his book on the environment
- >: that cars are a bigger threat to the earth than nuclear weapons. And he's
- >: our new VP?? Are you ready for 4 years of Gore jokes?
- >:
- >: :-)
- >: Simon
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- >
- >Well, he may or may not have said exactly that- most of the things
- >Danny-Boy attributed to Gore's book were outright inventions- but
- >in the long run, that's probably the truth. A large percentage of
- >air pollution comes from cars, and we'll almost certainly end up by
- >doing serious, permanent damage to the atmosphere if we don't find
- >some substitute for the internal combustion engine. That's why so
- >many people are working to perfect electric cars.
- >When I first read about this statement in the papers, I had no idea
- >it was controversial. Are there really so many people out there
- >who've never heard of smog?
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- I have no objection to an eventual replacement for the gasoline engine,,
- just as long as safety and performance aren't lost in the process. I
- Simon
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