Tropospheric ozone and vehicular emissions
The paper examines changes in the transportation system as a means of reducing tropospheric ozone in the South Coast Air Basin of California. It takes this issue as a paradigm for the broader national situation where there are environmental risks for which no plausible or acceptable remedies exist. Its underlying thesis is that the cruel choices this prospect offers should be faced openly and public debate fostered. It summarizes the origins and the health risks of ozone, the current and prospective levels of control required to avoid them, the prospective contribution of transportation controls, and the information required to put the issue in a social benefits and social costs framework for decision. It contrasts this approach with that found in the Clean Air Act and in the amendments to it now before Congress.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 7041986
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-10908; ON: DE89001328
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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