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jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:

>In article <schuck.721588018@sfu.ca> Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
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>>Air quality in Vancouver is deteriorating rapidly.
>prove it.

Are you blind? Can't you see the *brown* air.

>>Asthma attacks are increasing astronomically.

>prove it.

I don't have the reference on me, but asthma attacks *are* on the
rise, and the numbers of deaths is at a record level. I came very
close a few years ago, until I started taking an inhalable steroid. I
never had asthma until about 3 years ago. I can't prove it was caused
by air pollution but it is a leading contender.

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>Like many of your statements, they tend to be sweeping, and without
>even the benefit of some back-of-the-envelope calculations or 
>reasonable estimates. No one on the net expects a full research paper
>to back things up, but perhaps something from an article or newsshow?

I'll keep my eye open. You should too. There have been several articles
in the paper and on the news about asthma.

>Please quantify "detiorating rapidly" and "astronomically"
>or "your gas taxes don't pay for it at ALL".

I have been going to SFU and working at SFU off and on for 15 years.
When you get near the top of the hill you get a good view of the city.
15 years ago the air was *not* brown. Now, more often than not on a
sunny day, the air is *brown*.

>The plese explain to me why air quality indexes in Vancouver newspapers are
>consistently in the good to fair quality region.

Good to fair? What standards! Fair is ok with you? I work at SFU and
several times this year the air was less than fair as it seems all the
pollution gets funnelled down Burrard Inlet and the SFU area is badly
affected. I'm sure UBC fairs much better as it is on the water.

>>It's time to inconvenience *some* people to benefit all.
>>

>fine. make people pay a market, cost-recovery rate for the cost of
>the services they use. 

Sounds fair to me. Please start with the automoblie drivers first as
they consume much more gasoline and taxes than transit users.
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