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Originally Posted by BlackDeuceCoupe
The problem with YOUR logic is...
Gasoline powered vehicles emit pollution into the atmosphere - the stuff we breath.
Diesel particulates fall harmlessly to the ground - so you're safe unless you're an asphalt licker or draft diesel trucks!
Democrats fix this mess? What mess?!?!?
One of the reasons the earth is heating up is because the air is TOO clean, e.g. not providing us with protection from the sun's rays. Hell, skin cancer is rampant these days because of clean air!
Bring back the smog! And, you think Dems are going to do this? Hello?!?!?  |
Whoa there duece. First, diesel particulates can be very very small, as small a 0.01 micrometer or less. Particles of this size act almost as molecules, floating in the air for days. Ever see dust motes in a beam of sunlight? - well that's how most diesel particulates act. You breath them in with every breath. I won't get into respirable particulate size, but there is lots of science to show that diesel particulates fall in the most hazardous size range for humans.
I think you re confusing clean air with ozone-free air. Yes, ozone is a pollutant when it's near the ground, but the lack of ozone in the upper atmosphere (where it blocks UV rays) is a completely different issue. Too much ozone down here and too little ozone in the upper atmosphere are both bad. In no way can that be called "too little pollution".