I was just remembering when driving down the Nimitz Freeway bordering Emeryville (near Berkeley) in the late 50's, the smog was so thick it at times obscured the SF skyline. Catalytic converters were much maligned in those days (even by me!) but they certainly cleaned up the air. There have been other far thinking innovations which had their roots in California that people tend to forget (conveniently).
Yep, like legalizing cannabis. In the 60s and the 70s it used to be sickening driving into LA from Ventura on the 101 (not highway 101, we Calis call our roads by names, like the 101 or the 405) and coming over the Cahuenga Pass. The thick brown haze that was sitting over LA actually looked like someone put a blanket on it. There is the 'inversion layer' which is the height that the air stopped and the smog started. Yes Margi people love to bash California and especially LA but they are just jealous. Don't feel bad about agreeing with me Margi. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. :Tom and Margi said:Oh, dear. Here I go again agreeing with SeilerBird.
BinaryBob said:
SeilerBird said:
I didn't say I was paranoid, since I am not paranoid. I said I would rather be paranoid than to be dead.NY_Dutch said:
SeilerBird said:
It doesn't matter if price had anything to do with it. This chart clearly shows a massive increase in smoking from 1900 until the 60s when it started dropping. Warning labels were one of the reasons why smokers quit. There is no way to say for sure exactly what was the cause of the downturn but the smoking gun is the massive turnaround right when the labels began appearing.NY_Dutch said:
