Word: epa
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Perhaps the people will soon see, says the EPA'S Russell Train, that "our energy and our environmental ills both stem from essentially the same source: the patterns of growth and development that waste our energy resources just as surely and shamefully as they lay waste to our natural environment." If the energy shortage drives that lesson home, it will have accomplished more for man's relation to nature than all the laws that are now under attack...
There was already on the books a state nuisance law EPA could apply to the whistle, so they wrote Plant Manager Robert Nelson warning him that he could be in violation of the new law. Nelson cooperated by promptly shutting down the whistle. The town schedule went haywire: men were late for work, women got their children off to school at odd hours, and lunch and dinner did not appear at the appointed times...
Within 48 hours after the shutdown, 7,000 persons had signed petitions protesting the silencing of the whistle. As a consequence, it was turned back on. Said an EPA spokesman: "We were just reacting to a complaint and seeing if we should do anything about it. There is obviously not much nuisance if the majority of people like the whistle...
...converter, however, raises some new and very sticky difficulties of its own. Most important is the fact that it cannot be used with leaded gasoline, since even a trace of lead would foul the device beyond repair. As a result, the EPA has ordered the oil industry to make lead-free gasoline available at all major gas stations by next summer. Another problem is that the converter emits minute amounts of yet another pollutant -a fine mist of sulfuric acid. One solution might be for refineries to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline...
...first glance, that might appear to be the last thing the U.S. should do during the energy crisis. But, say GM and the EPA, the loss of oil in producing unleaded gas will be more than balanced by the improved gas mileage that cars with converters will get. While the debate rages, precious time is slipping by. Detroit has an extra year to cleanse auto exhaust completely, but the job looks as difficult as ever...