As the Pelham Manor trustee who drafted our recently adopted ordinance to control gasoline-powered leaf blowers, I was pleased to see your editorial addressing the noise and pollution these machines create, and needlessly ("The Silence of the Leaves," Feb. 26).
The oil industry controls gasoline distribution.
Consistent with previous studies (Lund et al. 2009), compared with controls, gasoline emissions caused a significant increase (~ 80%) in gelatinase activity in the aortas of ApoE−/− mice.
This new technology for the control of gasoline olefins succeeded in reducing olefins concentration in FCC gasoline by more than 5 vol% without significant RON decrease.
He acknowledged that dislodging Shiite militias from control of gasoline, government ministries and other sources of power would be difficult.
Mr. Raznatovic dabbled in politics in 1992-93, and was also involved in business, both open and criminal, reaping what was thought to have been a considerable fortune through his control of gasoline smuggling and illegal sales during the international sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia during the war.
These two methods are applied to control a gasoline engine.
When the CAFE standards were established, federal controls kept gasoline prices artificially low.
The biggest difference is that in the 1970's the government oversaw price controls on gasoline; set allocation rules that spread petroleum among industries and regions; and, at the beginning of the decade, even maintained quotas on imported oil.
PetroChina and Sinopec, both state-owned, are buying energy assets abroad to diversify from refining and are pressing the government to deliver on its pledge to relax controls on gasoline and diesel prices.
