A "worst of" list that DOESN'T include Detroit [[whew)

**Diehard** · May-01-10, 01:51 AM

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/28/pol..._slide_27.html

California is way represented though.

**canuck** · May-01-10, 08:10 AM

Yes and if Detroit plays the right card set, it can avoid retooling industry the old fashioned way. It will be interesting to see how northern cities with abundance of water and other resources can squeeze through the rust belt idiom into something different. We are at a crossroads. Poor New Orleans and Gulf states are taking a beating from this appalling disaster which only goes to prove how ridiculous it is to use oil for so many things that could be made with renewable resources [[plants). We need investment in these potential technologies so we can stop this nonsense.

**Jimaz** · May-01-10, 01:35 PM

The ozone pollution problem in Phoenix is unique. They have frequent "air inversion layer" situations that trap exhaust in the valley. The exhaust accumulates and bakes in their searing sun which converts it to ozone. It hangs there until the next stiff wind.

Ozone causes rubber, plastics and your lungs to rot.

**Whitehouse** · May-01-10, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

The ozone pollution problem in Phoenix is unique...

It makes them invent dubious laws....

**tallboy66** · May-01-10, 03:03 PM

Does Detroit still have those "ozone action days" where they advise you to not fuel during daylight or run your lawnmower? They used to only happen in July and August.

I remember hearing a story about NYC blaming the pollution on the wind carrying it from the midwest.

Unfortunately the oil industry will still keep going strong on overseas and developing countries. The U.S., Canada and Europe may be moving towards use of more renewable energy .