Polluting for Pleasure
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Book Overview
In the tradition of "Silent Spring" and "Unsafe At Any Speed" comes this frightening environmental study. The message: seemingly innocuous recreational boats, particularly outboards, are polluting... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393334694
ISBN13:9780393334692
Release Date:June 1993
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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Cleaner water, Cleaner air
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I read this book in the summer of 1994, and was very impressed with the depth of research that went into it. Mr. Mele was deeply and properly concerned about the impact that 2 cycle outboard motors have on the marine environment. He pointed out that the average outboard released about 30% of the fuel it consumed unburned into the air and water. The total volume of fuel was calculated. This book is critical of the regulation, or lack thereof, that the US EPA had put on marine engine emissions. There has been a significant improvement in new engines since 1993, I would like to see what Mr. Mele thinks of the current selection of outboard and inboard marine engines. This should be required reading for every boat owner.
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