I believe that the statement was "the equivalent of 54 million cars",
meaning that total emissions would be reduced by this amount.

Mark

Alan Bosch wrote:
>
> You may have heard by now the Pres. Clinton has signed in to law a bill that
> will tighten the pollution laws for cars, light trucks, & SUV's.  Included in
> the law is a mandate to Big Oil that allowable sulphur levels in gasoline must
> fall from 300ppm presently to 30ppm somewhere around 2006.
>
> Now, I'm not an expert on this law.  Don't know the details, etc., but I have
> heard the following two points and it has me concerned:
>
> 1)  A spokesperson for some anti-pollution group stated that this is "tremendous
> legislation...it will take 54 million vehicles off American roads almost
> overnight when fully enacted..."  Huh?  Does this mean that any vehicle over X
> years old can not be driven?  Isn't there some kind of grandfather clause?
>
>