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- From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
- Subject: Re: Remember ...
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:45:43 GMT
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- In article <kZ09TB2w165w@mintir.new-orleans.la.us> elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Edward J. Branley) writes:
- >sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
- >
- >> >
- >> Well, I've heard that VP-elect Gore has written in his book on the environmen
- >> 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
- >
- >Actually, cars *are* a bigger threat than nukes. Look at the amount of CO and
- >other pollutants that cars spew forth in cities like Los Angeles, New York, DC,
- >and Mexico City. It's a safe bet that more people have died as a result of
- >cars (between lung cancer and auto accidents) that have been killed by nukes.
- >
- I recently saw a NOVA program about photography from space, and the polution
- you mention is clearly visible from 150-200 miles up (IMAX movies taken aboard
- shuttle flights), so I'm not disputing that. But people won't accept any
- alternatives to existing technology unless it can be demostrated to be clearly
- better (and more cost effective to operate) than the vehicles being replaced.
- Simon
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