Well, Don, It is true that the massive sources you cite are real, and enormously outweigh any emission from any single vehicle.  But vehicles remain major sources, and DO need to be regulated.  Collectively, they matter a lot.  mcneely

---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2014 5:26 AM, "David Bjorkman" <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >  Wait a minute Dennis.  My bus (87 Vanagon w/ VW Gen 5 inline gas) is
> OBDII and it doesn't tell me if the gas tank cover is loose :-)
> >
> >
> > > "maintenance indicator light" is there for. ..... These vehicles
> > > will even know if there is a fuel vapor leak such as a bad tank cap.
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > Dennis
>
> Hold on fellas...It's a good thing to have to chase down "indicated" faults
> like an indicated gas cap vapor leak?  Where's the priority here?
>
> When BP dumps billions of Kilos of carbon from a cheaped-out oil platform
> for over a year?  When 4 coal trains a day...all with 100+ coal cars pass
> through my  back yard heading to China?  When fracking all over the U S is
> causing kitchen faucets to emit more pollutants than a compliant Vanagon?
>
> I think the Regulators miss the point often... as I said earlier in this
> thread.

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David McNeely