Word: exhaustible
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...ruckus at the country club, and that happiness is a discarded towel. As Turman and Scriptwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Pretty Poison) go for the simple solution, they favor the easy laugh. "Relax, enjoy the air," Alren tells Lisa, and there is a quick cut to a truck spewing exhaust. There are, in addition, the usual number of shafts directed at high-priced psychiatrists, high-pressure businessmen and-everybody's favorite-middle-class hypocrisy. These are bruised, battered and safe targets that are certain to survive such limp assaults as The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker...
...safety and engineering improvements, many of which are only in the design stage. Shock-absorbing bumpers, for example, will be required by law in 1973; passenger safety restraints that will work automatically in a collision are slated for 1974; and in 1975, emission-control systems will have to cut exhaust pollution almost to zero. This year G.M. cars will offer few visible changes. Says a company engineer: "Our styling and design departments are almost nonexistent. All the money is going for emission and safety research...
...Wild Animals. There is no lack of activities. A favorite pastime is climbing the 88-ft. observation tower to admire the view. To the east is a splendid vista of the traffic-jammed freeway, exhaust smoke billowing into the air, while across the bay is Sea World, an aquarium aswarm with tourists and back-dropped by San Diego's busy Lindbergh International Field. Inside the camp's palisades, the pace is equally lively. Cars roll endlessly along the asphalt alleys while children splash in the tepid water...
...simpler joys of the wilderness are not quite as accessible. Only a few saplings struggle for survival among the exhaust fumes. Wild animals are nowhere around; the nearest deer are at the local zoo ten miles away and even pets are banned in some parts of the lot. Many campers prefer to eat at the local beaneries, but a few still cook on their own fires with supplies from a local supermarket. "They're really roughing it today," says Supermarket Clerk Vic Gerouche as he bags Styrofoam cups, Tortilla Chips, Rice-A-Roni and four hunks of bubble...
There are good grounds for Detroit's gloom. By raising exhaust temperatures, a device called a catalytic converter can burn away carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. Trouble is, this step may also increase the output of nitrogen oxides, which no one yet knows how to curb economically. Unless the automakers can develop radical, new technological solutions, they fear that the expense of meeting the federal requirements may add as much as $600 to the cost of each...