fyi: unleaded gas in China
Anthony R. Brach (brach@oeb.harvard.edu)
Thu, 08 May 1997 10:32:07 -0700
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>fyi, from the China News Digest. Anthony
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>(4) Vehicles in Major Cities to Use Only Unleaded Gas by 2000
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>[CND, 04/10/97] By the year 2000, China's major cities, including
>Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, will offer unleaded
>gas only. Currently there are over one million motor vehicles in
>Beijing, among which about 4,000 cars are using unleaded gas. It is
>believed that the leaded gas contributed to the "greenhouse" effect and
>acid rain in the region. Beijing plans to implement the measure
>beginning January 1, 1998, JEN reported. (WU Fang, Guochen WAN)
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note that it is not the lead in the gas that is causing climate change and
acid rain - misconception on somebody's part. ARB
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