And they finally have realized that MTBE does more harm than good.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] New OM-1N and battery problem
> >From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >George ranted justificably:
> >
> > >OK, rant over. My point? The effect of a couple hg batteries over 20
> > >years can not be compared to the gallon of MTBE-laden gas I burn every
> > >22 miles...
> >
> >... it really bothers me to see a simple
> >mercury cell outlawed as some sort of symbolic action when there are
> >literally tons of metallic mercury lying at the bottom of waterways all
> >over North America, any where there has been a paper pulp plant...
>
> Folks, it is not the mercury cell so much as it is the
> "externalities" -- the manufacturing and disposal effects -- that
> make a difference.
>
> Just as mercury from the *manufacture* of mercury batteries no longer
> is a problem, mercury from the *manufacture* of paper is no longer a
> problem, as that process has also been banned. The existing mercury
> load from past manufacturing of either paper or batteries is a
> different issue entirely.
>
> It's easy to fall into the trap of saying, "this legal thing
> pollutes, so why should this other polluting thing be illegal?"
> That's what Garrett Hardin called "the tragedy of the commons:" if a
> resource is shared by all, maintaining it is no one person's
> responsibility.
>
> I'd encourage everyone who has an OM-1 to get the alkaline
> conversion, and not be a battery-import-criminal.
>
> I'd also encourage anyone who cares to make mileage an important
> issue when buying a car. Most scientists who aren't paid by an
> industry lobby agree that we are near the peak of petroleum
> production, and that it will only get more expensive. That gas-hog
> SUV you bought when gas was $0.99 a gallon won't be such a deal when
> gas costs as much as it does in Europe today -- $3 to $4 a gallon.
>
>
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