Re: [DMCForum] Re: Traffic (Martin Gutkowski)

[Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same problem in London. There are extremely tough emissions laws over 
here, and now there's a congestion charge to entering London during the 
day.

And what vehicles are exempt? Frigging London buses - and there're still 
a large proportion of those ancient ones plodding around. I once heard a 
statistic which I can't really remember but it was something like 80% of 
air pollution in London was caused by the buses.

FWIW the one that went bang the other day was a new one.

Martin

therealdmcvegas wrote:

> Haze in California is easy to explain. The first part is
> aggriculture. In central California's San Joaquin Valley, cows
> outnumber automobiles by a significant number, and expell a huge
> amount of methane. But there is lots of out-dated farm equipment in
> use, running vintage diesel engines that the farmers just refuse to
> replace.
>
> The other thing are old cars. Almost anywhere else in the United
> States, cars will rust. Whether it's road salt, humidity, or salt
> air, cars here will naturally rust. But not in California. In Los
> Angeles, it's not uncommon to see old clunkers blowing smoke. There
> are still many cars from the 60's that are rolling around on the
> streets. Old cars like this are valuable. Not only are they vintage
> and desirable, but lower income people love them, because they don't
> have to worry about passing emissions with them.
>
> Since cars just don't die in California, they've had to result to
> strict emissions standards in an effort to get all these old cars off
> the road. And in some other cases, their crusher programs to outright
> destroy cars.
>
> -Robert

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