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   Woozy Song to micky   
   Re: pollution control on most Guat vehic   
   30 Jan 24 08:40:09   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: suzyw0ng@outlook.com   
      
   micky wrote:   
   > Some of the vehicles, especially chicken buses and trucks, but no where   
   > near all of them, belch black smoke in great amount here in Guatemala,   
   > especially when starting up hills, of which their are endless.   
   >   
   > I dont' think there is any required pollution inspecition, and it makes   
   > me think that the demands, largely from the US I think, for cars with   
   > pollution controls, have benefitted Guat. and other countries too,   
   > because the controls work well until they break, and only a few break.   
   >   
      
   I remember working in Venezuela. After oil put tons of money into the   
   economy, the peasants were buying used American cars, old crap that got   
   shipped there. And the gasoline was made from high-sulphur crude that   
   they couldn't export. So the air pollution was terrible.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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