Word: carbons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first Moorer dismissed the whole snooping story as "ludicrous" and declared that he had never authorized anything like it. Last week, however, he admitted on NBC'S Today show that he had received some illicitly obtained documents from Kissinger's office in the form of "roughs" and "carbon copies." He had not closed off this "back channel" of information, he said, because everything he got was "essentially useless." In any case, he later got the same information through regular contacts with the White House. Moorer's confession left many viewers incredulous. Was he saying that...
...realistic alternative to mass transportation in the U.S. but the nation's once-magnificent railroad system. Even given the highly unlikely return of abundant fuel, the U.S. could not indefinitely tolerate or afford the poisonous pollution, cost, congestion, racket and uglification of a transportation system based on carbon monoxide and concrete. Even if automobiles could be made to run on recycled bath water, such problems are likely to persist and proliferate...
Under the law, emissions of two noxious gases in auto exhaust-carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons-must be cut by 90% of 1970 levels in 1976-model cars. Techniques to do that, however, lead to an increase in a third pollutant, nitrogen oxides. The law says that, in 1977-model cars, they must be cut 90% below the level in the 1971s. Most auto engineers feel that they cannot meet that second deadline...
...year if he deems it necessary to do so. The automakers can use the grace period. They have already gone about as far toward cleaning up their cars as they can, without introducing costly new technology. GM, for example, reports that it has reduced emissions of hydrocarbons by 80%, carbon monoxide by 70% and nitrogen oxides by 40% since 1967. Such progress, gained by making adjustments on the standard Detroit engines, has been bought at the expense of fuel economy and auto performance: most new cars are hard to start, balk when rapidly accelerated and cough for minutes after...
...California and wherever else the automakers wish. According to GM, this "catalytic converter" will improve gas mileage by up to 13% and make cars perform as well as in the good old days. Shaped like a muffler and attached to the exhaust system, it will also convert hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide into water vapor and other harmless compounds...