Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] auto emissions regs Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:59:02 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 04:40:12 -0400, Gary Snyder wrote: >=A0What is the Libertarian Party's stance on regulating auto= vehicle >=A0emissions? >=A0If auto vehicle emission regulations are opposed by the LP, >=A0what is the rational? This does get to the crux issue of the fact that the atmosphere is inevitably our local and global `commons . As such , it is a proper concern for the geographical monopolies= - with all the dangers that implies . The real problem is how to battle , in the politial arena , the eco-loony utopians who distort the science or simply can't comprehend or don't give a damn about it . Incidentally , I got an NYC library card a couple of weeks ago so I could take out some books on the science of atmospheres : Energy and the atmosphere : by Campbell, Ian M. (Ian McIntyre), 1941- Wiley, c1986. The physics of atmospheres / by Houghton, John Theodore. Cambridge University Press, 1986.= Theory of planetary atmospheres : by Chamberlain, Joseph W. (Joseph Wyan), 1928- Academic Press, c1987. I've gotten most deeply in Campbell's which is the most direct overview of Earth's atmosphere . I happened to just be reading= : A very detailed assessment of the source strength of carbon monoxide from fossil fuel usage .. has indicated that globally this constitutes about 16% of the total of all sources: almost 95% of anthropogenic carbon monoxide is emitted in the Northern hemisphere, within which this represents almost one-quarter of the total source strength. Automobiles account for about half of the source of carbon monoxide from fossil fuels, with about one-third of that originating in each of North America and Europe. It is interesting to note that this equalith of emissions highlights the efficacy of exhaust emission control measures in North America where 2.5 times as much gasoline is consumed as in Europe. ... However there must be a factor of two uncertainty at least in many of the terms ... so that there is little more to be gained than an appreciation of the general pattern. ( p 152-153 ) --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Pix+ : .CoSy.MidWinterParty 17 =A0:= http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/04/07 1:18:39 PM