If the legislators want to pick somebody for clean air, start with
regulating the industry in their areas. Oregon has a lot of logging
industry. Logging, from what I know, is relatively harmless; however, it's
the paper/pulp factories that pollute.
Of course, you can't tell that to the Oregon representatives...that's their
bread and butter!
Buses and badly-tuned diesel Mercedes Benzes dump a lot of crap into the
air. Do they attack them?
No. The upwardly mobile drive MBs and could give a @#$% about hobbyists
and enthusiasts.
So, just how many "clunkers" are contributing to the overall problem? I
bet a lot less than 2 to 5%.
OK. Gimme sumthin to sign. I'm getting fired up!
Tom B. 57 Stepside 3200
-----Original Message-----
From: Passnb4U@aol.com [SMTP:Passnb4U@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 9:34 AM
To: hra602@hra.co.santa-cruz.ca.us; rkinas@ctinet.net
Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] Mixed emotions about clunker type laws
First of all, I'm not an enviromental looney. But I have noticed some
replys to the subjects that have me concerned. I don't wish anybody or any
institution to take away my hobby based on the year of my vehicle or it's
appearance, or if it sits in my driveway for too long, etc...
But, my feeling is you can still get a lot of horsepwer and torque, and
still burn a clean engine, even with a carb'ed motor. There's nothing I
hate
worse than being stuck in commute traffic in the summer months, with my
window rolled down, and having a smoke belching, rich running car next to
me.
Californians (and other too) may remember twenty + years ago, sitting at
a
stop light and the only thing they smelled were exhaust fumes, now it's
kind
of a rarity to smell fumes from automobiles, and I like it that way for
myself, and my kids in the car too.
If you can't keep you motor in good enough tune, you have no business
driving it. get if fixed or park it.
I'm sure of the 500-plus members on this list, ther are quite a few non-
smokers too, who complain about someone lighting up in there "space",
complaining about the hazards of second hand smoke...are any of you the
same
ones saying that you have the right to drive your clunker anywhere you
want?
I'd have to complain you don't have the right to subject me and mine to you
rich running, oil smoking, worn out motor.
For what it's worth, I have a 235 in '59, and tune it with a O2 sensor,
as I
did my '57 with a 454. My '89 IROCz has a 5.7 TPI motor, making about 265
HP
now, and still passes Ca. emissions, there's also a lot more hp in the
motor I
can get, and still burn clean.
Yes, Big-Business is a major contributor to pollution, and they are able
to
buy thier way out of thier responsibilty, but it's still our responsibility
(IMO) to be responsible motorist.
Mike
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