Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 5 potx

... propane and natural gas have been included Cost of FuelIYear gasoline 21,280 gallons 28.8¢ (avg.) year x gallon = 6130/year propane 25, 500 gallons 18 .5 - $4720 year x gallon - /year natural gas 2,128,000 ... for the carburetor float bowl and other chambers are either eliminated, made internal (so the vapors are consumed by the engine), or manifolded to a vapor storage sys...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22

... against the economic and social costs of these measures. The Clean Air Act of 1970 (as amended) appears to give the Administrator of the EPA discretionary authority to approve such an approach by a ... available, and the figure of 8% is regarded by the Pace Company as a reasonable initial target that would not place too great a strain on refineries and other sources (mai...

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... aerosols may amount to as much as 25% of the total in the atmosphere, on the basis of a yearly average. On particularly "smoggy" days these chemically-produced aerosols may amount to 75% of the ... 10, p. 43. 6The Pace Report, page 84. '1972 LP-Gas RefuelingDirectory, Woodall's National LP-Gas Association. 66 EQL Strategy #1 makes a modest contribution...

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... be not to recognize any; for example, as in the case of Britain to make propane (or its equivalent) manda- tory for all taxi cabs in London. Just as with the income tax the general argument against providing ... loopholes is that there is no natural stopping place. On the other hand, it also must be recognized that politicians some- times aren't willing to be as harsh as th...

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... with an estimate of average mileage to compute the total mass emissions which are to be taxed. There are two ways of collecting such a tax: one is to impose the tax as an excise or sales tax, and ... be an incentive to operate a well-tuned car even if the tax did not vary with actual miles driven. If the motorist is to pay the tax, however, there is a simple way to...

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... IN OXIDANT AIR QUALITY FOR THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN (0.20 ppm) PRESENT StRATEGY (1971) / @)m 1970 YEAR 139 75 77 80 Figure 12 SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF NATURAL GAS IN AUGUST 19 75 FOR SOUTHERN CAliFORNIA 5. 0 I- Peak ... J ~ <! ex: ::J f- 1.0 ~ <! 2 - Firm- -Firm- -Firm- @)m 1969 19 75 Actual Low High Use Projection Projection 142 Figure 13 SUMMARY OF PROPANE SUPPLY AND DEMAND A...

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... LO C'l o (/J Cl w w U x w w (,') <l: a: w > <l: a: => o J: w Z o ~ => ~ X <l: ~ a: <l: w > ;- 155 ABOUT THE AUTHORS LESTER LEES, director of the Environmental Quality Laboratory, is professor of aeronautics and environ- mental engineering at Caltech. He is the author of numerous papers on problems of high speed flight, especially entry of miss...

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... should be reduced to 25 days per year (an additional re- duction of 50 % and an overall reduction of 90%).23 The Clean Air Act appears to give the Administrator of the EPA discretion- ary authority to approve an alternative ... State on the nature and amounts of emissions from such stationary sources; also authority for the State to make such data available to the publ...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 19:20

... Administrator of the EPA (Table 2). These air quality standards must be attained within three years of the date of approval of such plan or any revision thereof. 13 The Administrator of the EPA may, ... tech- nical measures to which a dollar value can be attached. That's about $100 a head for everyone in the South Coast Air Basin, or, looked at another way, it's less...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 05:20

... California, for example, such an approach is applicable not only to the South Coast Air Basin, but also to the San Diego County Air Basin, the Sac- ramento Valley Air Basin, and the San Francisco Bay ... L .A. " we mean the Downtown L .A Burbank-Pasadena Area. 6 An average of the maximum mid- day oxidant levels measured at the APCD stations in these three locations was...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 18:20