Very smart article, Sue. It's a complicated issue. Something needs to be done, but who knows what the solution is, as Americans are not inclined to get out of their cars. And this current administration will only exacerbate it by looking backward instead of forward. Sigh
Thanks, Ed. What irks me is that we've been working on this since the 70s and the problem just gets worse. About fifteen years ago (maybe 20 😵) my daughter and I flew from Austin to Reno at dusk. From the plane, I saw this layer of brown covering the plains for as far as I could see. A solid layer. Then we broke through where the air was clear. It's not only in the Salt Lake Valley, it's everywhere. And we don't even notice it because it's become endemic.
If people saw video of the dense smog that covered the skies of all metropolitan areas in the country during the 60s and 70s, maybe they'd understand the need for pollution regulation. But sadly, too many would rather drive their giant, diesel fume spewing trucks through nature instead of actually getting out of the damn vehicles and take a walk through it.
If Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson, or any of the Republicans from the 70s who helped pass the environmental laws back then, were all alive now, they'd be thoroughly disgusted with what's going on in America.
Very smart article, Sue. It's a complicated issue. Something needs to be done, but who knows what the solution is, as Americans are not inclined to get out of their cars. And this current administration will only exacerbate it by looking backward instead of forward. Sigh
Thanks, Ed. What irks me is that we've been working on this since the 70s and the problem just gets worse. About fifteen years ago (maybe 20 😵) my daughter and I flew from Austin to Reno at dusk. From the plane, I saw this layer of brown covering the plains for as far as I could see. A solid layer. Then we broke through where the air was clear. It's not only in the Salt Lake Valley, it's everywhere. And we don't even notice it because it's become endemic.
If people saw video of the dense smog that covered the skies of all metropolitan areas in the country during the 60s and 70s, maybe they'd understand the need for pollution regulation. But sadly, too many would rather drive their giant, diesel fume spewing trucks through nature instead of actually getting out of the damn vehicles and take a walk through it.
If Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson, or any of the Republicans from the 70s who helped pass the environmental laws back then, were all alive now, they'd be thoroughly disgusted with what's going on in America.