Hello Daniel.
31 May 96 07:21, Daniel Abrams wrote to John Meroth:
 DA> If population growth and vehicle usuage
 DA> exceeds emission reductions then total smog increases even though the
 DA> rate of change is decreasing. Such is the case for Vancouver. But to
 DA> reiterate, we are making great strides to improve air quality in the
 DA> GVRD. Per capita it approaching that of LA but in total smog, the air
 DA> quality is much better.
Very true. It would really be bad now, if the public had insisted on the 
older standards.
 DA> Healthier in the US. That is questionable. Recent evidence suggests
 DA> the `rate of change' in life expectancy is decreasing dramatically.
 DA> This can be accounted for in part by skyrocketing mortality rates in
 DA> teenagers (particularily inner city urban environments) and the age 20
 DA> - 35 group. AIDS has become the leading cause of death in the latter
 DA> group.
Yes, this is true. What I was getting at was those that are not in either of 
these two groups.
The fisrt case is a DIRECT RESULT of 'The Great Society' started by LBJ in 
the late '60s.
The second is caused by our promiscous lifestyles that grew out of the 60s.
John
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