[Dave@Moon]

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However, you have also worn me down with circular logic, obfuscation, pseudo scientific wind-baggery, and just plain untruths.

Well. I did mis-remember the configuration of one sewage treatment plant I haven't visited in 20 years. Maybe you're right! [img]<>/smirk.gif[/img]

[Dave@Moon]

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Don't even get me started on the 100s of millions of dollars of tax payer money the state of Pennsylvania flushed down the toilet
after they broke the contract they signed with the company that was to do centralized emissions testing.
They had actually started construction of 1 or 2 of these inspections stations locally before PA pulled the plug.

When did they do this? It sounds like what we used to have here.

[charlier]

Originally Posted By: Dave@Moon

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Don't even get me started on the 100s of millions of dollars of tax payer money the state of Pennsylvania flushed down the toilet after they broke the contract they signed with the company that was to do centralized emissions testing.
They had actually started construction of 1 or 2 of these inspections stations locally before PA pulled the plug.

When did they do this? It sounds like what we used to have here.

In November 1993, PennDOT contracted with Envirotest Systems of Tucson, Arizona, to implement the state's centralized test-only I/M program.
As of June 1994, Envirotest reported owning 24 sites with 53 more under purchase agreement and having begun construction at 11 sites. When the state of Pennsylvania terminated the contract with Envirotest, that company sought to recoup $354.6 million in termination costs.

The settlement paid by the state of PA amounted to about $145 million dollars.

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deput...ews_enviro.htm

[Dave@Moon]

Envirotest is the same firm Ohio uses, and used in this area prior to the switch to reformulated gas. They still use them in northeast OH, where their services are free. They still need to have their cars tested every two years, but there's no fee any more.

Ohio extends contract for E-Check tests , Ohio.com 7/2/08

Ohio is a very different place from PA!