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defacto7

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2. Thanks for the reply... I'm not ill.
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 02:06 AM
Jan 2014

"the problem they participate in creating" I think the number is 52%. Much of it comes from CA and NV but still the regulations on the refineries are not adhered to. I'm a night person and I see the air scrubbers turn off all the time... only at night though. The inversion problem is the only thing we can't change but it means we have to make the effort all the more. Respiratory illness here is rampant and I would think that should be more important to deal with than adding to industrial profits and driving personal luxury vehicles on a whim.

I don't begrudge your need to survive rather than freeze in your truck, but honestly that isn't but a small portion of the problem compared to the apathy of the people who live here and continue to consume and discard far beyond what is reasonable or necessary when they could do otherwise.

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Air in Utah... [View all] defacto7 Jan 2014 OP
Interesting... 2naSalit Jan 2014 #1
Thanks for the reply... I'm not ill. defacto7 Jan 2014 #2
Indeed. 2naSalit Jan 2014 #3
we have met the enemy and he is us. pscot Jan 2014 #4
I have a TDI, too cprise Jan 2014 #5
we have the exact same VW as you! stuntcat Jan 2014 #6
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