On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, kayak001 wrote: major snips... and sorry for duplicate postings, I just don't know who's discussing this issue from which lists. > <3>Running a typical PWC for one hour releases the same amount of > smog-generating pollutants as driving a car 800 miles. > > <4> American PWC with their two-stroke engines discharge up to 30% of > their fuel unburned into the water. With sales running between 170,000 > and 200,000 annually, this amounts to FOUR TIMES the amount of raw fuel > that the Exxon Valdez spilled. Studies show that the toxicity of such > discharges, made 50,000 times worse by ultraviolet light, damages > ecologically essential plankton and other micro-organisms. The EPA has > already told the PWC industry to reduce emissions from PWC by 75 percent > by 2006. How do these pollution figures compare with other power boats? This seems like one of the arguments against PWCs that won't be obviated by well-enforced rules governing their use. Joy Hecht Arlington VA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 14 1998 - 11:56:55 PDT
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