Where should the type information be 329

Del Cecchi

Hardly. Drag, stock-car, Indy, Grand-Prix racers etc. rarely have to pbutt any emissions tests. The complications in run of the mill engines are largely due to finding means of achieving suitable emission levels; the basic engine is largely unchanged.

Unfortunately the Republicans and the oil gangs have been dragging their feet about improving efficiency, with the net result of increased fuel demands and thus prices. We have gone nearly 20 years without significant efficiency improvements, which could have saved much more oil than can ever be dragged out of a despoiled ANWR, which in turn may well not be feasible because of global warming and rising ocean levels. When Reagan ripped out the solar panels from the White House he really sent a signal. Greed, greed, glorious greed. Build guzzling SUVs, ignore the Kyoto accords, insist on land mines, invade Iraq for their oil, etc.

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