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But it *is* made of dead dino's, none the less. It goes through less processing, but it is still a hydrocarbon fuel that is burned, and produces some fairly frightening emissions. The main one is benzoapyrenes. This is one of the substances on the EPA's list of 'Toxic, Volatile Organic Substances,' that are among other things, *highly* carcinogenic. -----Original Message----- From: noddaz@juno.com [SMTP:noddaz@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 5:22 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] For whom the bell tolls... >DaveH=> Does anyone know if aircraft are included in pollution > => calculations? > >They're not, nor does anyone seem to pay much attention to big trucks >or buses, which admittedly tend to have shorter lives but pump out a >whole lot more crap than any ten cars and roll all day long and into >the >night. Diesels put out a different sort of pollution tÏúýZ powered cars, (High in particulates, don't think they have carbon monoxide...) hence the same rules do not apply to them. I have wondered about planes... Besides the point that I could drive my Nissan all year on the amount of fuel that a 727 uses in one flight. (Yes, I know jet fuel is different than gasoline. I am refering to the quanity!!!) Scott ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe