Friday, November 05, 2004
Weather facilitates cleanest air quality in Los Angeles in decades
Los Angeles area air quality was the best in decades, but remained the worst in the nation by one key measure, said Sam Atwood, a spokesman for the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
According to an LATimes article, "The region benefited this year from weather that isn't conducive to smog, including cooler temperatures, fog, low clouds and weak inversion layers. Cleaner cars, industries and businesses also improved air quality, officials said. "
"The weather was a major factor this year, there's no denying that," Atwood said. "We're headed in the right direction but we have to definitely not rest on our laurels."
And that effort should be helped by new legislation which will force automakers to sell cars that are 30 percent more fuel efficient and pollution-emission reducing by 2009.
Contrary, to Detroit's stance, such cars already exist in the form of hybrid cars. For example, the Toyota's Prius hybrid, or the Honda Accord hybrid, already meet California's requirement.
Help clean the air, buy a hybrid vehicle.
According to an LATimes article, "The region benefited this year from weather that isn't conducive to smog, including cooler temperatures, fog, low clouds and weak inversion layers. Cleaner cars, industries and businesses also improved air quality, officials said. "
"The weather was a major factor this year, there's no denying that," Atwood said. "We're headed in the right direction but we have to definitely not rest on our laurels."
And that effort should be helped by new legislation which will force automakers to sell cars that are 30 percent more fuel efficient and pollution-emission reducing by 2009.
Contrary, to Detroit's stance, such cars already exist in the form of hybrid cars. For example, the Toyota's Prius hybrid, or the Honda Accord hybrid, already meet California's requirement.
Help clean the air, buy a hybrid vehicle.
# posted by Dahcredyns @ 10:00 AM 
