"Well, it’s pretty much a historical fact that since the 1960’s, the residential use of coal for heat has been virtually eliminated, and the vast majority of businesses in the region no longer use coal to heat or produce electricity. Also, those few coal fired plants still operating which continue to burn coal to generate electricity have filters installed to clean their emissions—something that was absent during the first half of the 20th century...And there's more.
...So then has the pollution created by coal burning also been virtually eliminated. Hence, air quality in East Tennessee has improved, not worsened, in the last thirty years or so.
...The same holds true for auto emissions. Simply stated, most cars on the roads today have anti-pollution equipment installed on them, as opposed to the first seventy or so years of the 20th century, when anti-pollution equipment was not required on autos."
What with historic eviscerations of TVA from SKB (here, here, and here to name a few), I'd expect him to be all over this one...
Bubba and I haven't seen eye to eye on a lot this past year, but on this issue he's right on top of the correct info. I hope to see what he says about it...
(On further reflection...) I don't know, maybe this guy is really being satirical in his letter and is actually making fun of the people who think everything is A-OK. I read it through a couple of times, and it still seems he's being serious. If he's not, I apologize for my density.
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