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In article <7065@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> roat@rrc.chevron.com (Suzanne 
Roat,Chevron,(510)242-5313) writes:
>  --  Long discourse of stuff omitted

>Fact:  Contribution by Chemical/Petroleum Industry to Air Pollution:  <5%
>Fact:  Contribution by Cars, Trucks, Buses to Air Pollution:  45%

>We're focusing on the wrong problem people.  We need to work on getting
>cars off the roads, getting all vehicles rigged with better emission
>controls, formulate better fuels, make mass transportation feasible, etc.  
>if we want to have a significant impact on the amount of air pollution.
>Unfortunately, the lobby to prevent such actions is too well financed.
>Merely my opinion based on the facts.
Surely the total amount of air pollution is not the only problem.  There is 
the location and what the pollution actually is.  The release of quite 
small quantities of poisonous material can have a very large impact 
in the area around the release site.  If the chemical industry does not act 
to reduce pollution, it is in fact transferring the costs to those injured 
by the pollution, and the wider community.

John
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Dr John P. Fletcher       
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry,
Aston University,         Tel: (44) 21 359 3611 ext 4625
Aston Triangle,		  Email(Janet): J.P.FLETCHER@UK.AC.ASTON
BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET   U.K.  Email(Other): J.P.FLETCHER@ASTON.AC.UK
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