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13-05-2006, 01:36 AM

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pandaman

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Originally Posted by Des

Can't remember where I read it, but, doesn't the hi levels of UV in Australia compound the problem of diesel pollution? Something to do with the UV reacting with the exhaust fumes to "cook" more of it into solid particulates or somesuch....There's gotta be someone out there who would know....

Hmm, it's a possibility, but I can't see that kind of a reaction having such an immediate reaction, ie. straight from the exhaust pipe. I have no troube believing that such a reaction could be responsible for creating smog over a large area and timescale.

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