In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:56:44 PM Mountain Standard Time,
ccrobins@ktc.com writes:
Bull, Bob,
I lived in El Paso for most of my working life. The powers that be
always conveniently blamed Mexico for the air pollution while allowing
ASARCO two throw carcinogens into the air. It took a Sierra Club
lawsuit to get the public's attention and make the local politicians
quit dreaming.
Also, remember that there are two oil refinies just south of Cielo
Vista mall. They are major contributors to east side pollution.
CR, an ex El Pasoan who still has ties there.
Uh, respectfully, Bull, CR
Asarco closed down a few years ago and we still have the polution. Ozone
Alert days where we are told to stay indoors if at all possible.
I know Asarco was a problem, and hopefully the government will never allow
it to open again, but it was only part of the problem, and making the
3-400,000
drivers in El Paso test for pollution will never fix problems with the
1,000,000 or so cars in Juarez....or the truck that move 80% of the east west
frieght that moves in the US across I10 in the winter...or the two major rail
yards in the center of town, in the valley between the mountains. Someone
forgot to check railroad engines for emmissions.
Again, no question that having a smelter in the same valley was bad. We
were going to buy a house in Sunset Heights by UTEP until we checked the
neighborhood at night, when Asarco pumped out most of its crap so no one would
see.
I couldn't stand to be on the street, even in a closed car.
But the colonias in Juarez have expanded dramatically, now occupying
hundreds of acres west of the mountain, across from Anapra and Sunland Park.
The
growth of these, has generated the clouds of dust from the dirt roads, and
the
clouds of smoke from the home fires.
Let me know when you come back this way and we'll meet for dinner out at
Artevino's Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, NM and you can see the problem
first
hand.
Regards,
Robert B. Houston
63 TR4
74.5 MGBGT
73 MG Midget
b&Reminds me of my safari in Africa, somebody forgot the corkscrew and for
several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C Fields
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