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Je caac paca,u <br />Zoo's <br />~• said fie wanted to contuiue the tradition thi`s~fall, ~~ ~ .«.. <br />- - <br />~e but administrators recently learned uld , ; <br />j See BONFIR' <br />~ 1:.~ <br />• -eat •~-~_ <br />,, <br />• ~'_ ~ ~; <br />-~ ., ~ , gals defend -scl~nce »~ <br />j'~ ~ - ~ ~ r <br />behl w - <br />er speed liml <br />~. <br />~'-, <br />~. i ~, <br />~. 2E ~ .Benefit seems.. small but cuts add a the. , _sa m <br />. ~B ~ p~ .: Y,,. <br />a'~ e~~r, `~P..~~, i• '~' a t <br />17A~ By RAD SALLEE ~ ~ bn,aalk shows~m~ etters to'the edttor ~ .are, <br />5E Houston Chronicle ~~ ~ '"•`andat the water tooler,~criticisrri_,of the ~ ~'`'~~ <br />_'3A ~ so~alled"envirgnmentalspeed limit" fol-.~`~ ~ ""' <br />18A ~ ~ ~ lows two lines of thought: ' <br />1 C As some motorists strive to change old ` ^ A? vehicle going 55 mph ;actually pol- <br />~E Habits and others vow,civil dySOhe~ence,; lutes more than one. oin '7U~ not .less ;"~ <br />the new. 55-mph speed limit'- intended ~ g•' ' g ' <br />'m to help cure Houston's: notorious; smo because the-`slower; vehicle ~akes longer <br />~~ problem - is` ur-der~attack' as nothing to ~~' its destination '' `. `.~ <br />more than junk science: g 'Same conclusion, but based on the, <br />Is it? aI'~ent that modern engines operate ' <br />more' effiGent),y at higher speeds, y~ ~ '~;`' <br />~' Err}phatically, no; state 'pollution con- While these arguments `maj~~appear to - <br />trol authorities say: But the expected. air - make senses they're simply not true; said , <br />quality benefits are extremely small - . ~ ~~'~ who is in charge of transpor ` <br />-less than 2'percent of the needed amount tation planning for the'~Houston "~ <br />~Id - for a`measure likely to annoy so many Galveston Ama Council , ` ~',' , . <br />nd people : so much. `When I try to explain it to folks," Clark' <br />. ~w The new 55-mph speed lirut ~ `~``~ of said,"I remind them that i .almost ~' <br />a broader plan to reduce•ozone,pn the everyaar and truck burns less fuel?,per r~ :",;, <br />eight~ounty Houston metro area to a fed= .' rrvle travehng'at,55,rnph thanj;at 70 mph. ° ' <br />' erally mandated- level by 2007. Some of . `~' Because~~you?re burnmg!;:less fuel, ` <br />the reductions call for, _massive ,cuts - ' you re`errutting less air pollution. There's <br />90 percent from industrial sources = 1a Hale bit rriorerto it than that; but'that'S . <br />while others shave here and there.. - See SPEED on Page^~6A. <br />~ r <br />~~ <br />,~ <br />~~~~~~ .- <br /> <br />