Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site kontron.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!pesnta!pertec!kontron!cramer From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Reagan Quotes (long) Message-ID: <289@kontron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 12:57:40 EDT Article-I.D.: kontron.289 Posted: Thu Jun 27 12:57:40 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 03:33:37 EDT References: <6142@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: Kontron Electronics, Irvine, CA Lines: 18 > Here's a list of some quotes from Reagan. They were inside > the play program from "Rap Master Ronnie." No wonder Reagan > "dislikes" Trudeau... Anyone else got any embarassing quotes from > these people we call politicians? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons > released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and > enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources." --Ronald > Reagan > This statement by Reagan is garbled, but not entirely wrong. About 75% of hydrocarbon pollution in Southern California is caused by vegetation. This is one reason that a number of Air Quality Management Districts were reluctant to require vapor recovery systems in gas stations, since the bulk of the hydrocarbons were coming from trees and shrubs. (The xylenes are the reason the Great Smoky Mountains are smokey.)