Date:         Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:04:47 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY (smog)
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At 01:44 PM 3/3/98 -0800, you wrote:

>Hey all you smog polemicists out there!
>
>I don't think this smog thing is going to be easily resolved.

The following is *strictly* anecdotal/unscientific - just an observation.
I've lived in the Santa Clara Valley (silicon valley) for >40 years; it's ~
15 miles wide, with low mountains at either side, & I've always been ~ 2
miles frome the western hills.  Back in the 60's/early 70's I could only
see the western hills maybe half the time in the summer, and it was a rare
event to be able to see 'all the way' to the eastern hills (always worth
noting or commenting on, it was so unusual).  These days it's a rare summer
day when it's so smoggy that one *can't* see across the valley - & that's
with perhaps twice the cars on the road (& a heck of a lot more roads to
boot).

At the same time, my beloved 'Moby' (Adventurewagen) won't pass smoog cert
because of NOx.  She runs like a charm, smooth as silk, acts like she's 20
instead of 100 (K miles)... in the old days she would have been considered
a creampuff, now she's just a smog snortin' pig that has to be 'fixed'.

Oh well - such is progress.

Austin