<VV> From the West Coast

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Yes, I remember going to Riverside, Calif. in  spring of 1962 for the 
startup of a hydrogen rocket fuel plant that we had  designed and built.  Every 
morning for weeks I drove from the motel to the  plant site and it was cloudy 
in the distance.  Until one morning I was  amazed to see a set of 
magnificent beautiful mountains in the distance when the  cloudy smog had lifted due 
to some rare weather change.  And I  remember the closer I got to LA, the 
worse the smog got and I could actually  feel the burning in my eyes if I 
stayed there too long.
    At least in this case, reducing the smog problem  made a lot of sense!
 
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ
 
 
In a message dated 12/16/2011 2:05:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

It was  the 1961 model year, by the way, for the PCVs. And hardly a "wacko" 
  
idea. California had smog problems that didn't appear in other areas of  
the 
country until later (Choke!, Houston?) And we addressed them with  those  
standards. Here in "loony toon" land there are currently no  rules that 
require  retrofit of any smog control device. The air is  much cleaner than 
30 
years ago.  You can't argue with  success.

- Loony/wacko,

Seth Emerson