Sorry I was AWOL

Had technical problems for several hours. Have I shown you how old my PC is?

Just joking about the PC. Anyway, when I was able to blog I discovered there was really only one story which was 1. Not covered my every MoFo blogger and news outlet in the world and 2. Worth mentioning.

The Bush administration is considering doing away with health standards that cut lead from gasoline, widely regarded as one of the nation's biggest clean-air accomplishments.

Battery makers, lead smelters, refiners all have lobbied the administration to do away with the Clean Air Act limits.

A preliminary staff review released by the
Environmental Protection Agency this week acknowledged the possibility of dropping the health standards for lead air pollution. The agency says revoking those standards might be justified "given the significantly changed circumstances since lead was listed in 1976" as an air pollutant.

The EPA says concentrations of lead in the air have dropped more than 90 percent in the past 2 1/2 decades. [emphasis mine]

Uh, yeah. It was effective so why in hell keep it? Duh!

Tinfoil hat time. Many cars can't run on leaded gasoline. Is this a way to bolster sagging US auto makers by forcing buyers to purchase new can-run-on-leaded cars? Or, equally tinfoilish, is it a bone for the oil companies because they can refine oil more cheaply by just infusing lead into their products? Just asking.

Hahaha. Just as I was going to hit "enter" to post this, I lost my connection to Blogger. Good thing I have a sense of humor isn't it, you Blogger Bastards.

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