AUTOMOBILE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSION

An examination was made of all the programs currently in place in the state of Colorado that purport to control mobile source carbon monoxide (CO) emissions. These include Inspection and Maintenance, Oxygenated Fuels, and a Better Air Campaign featuring voluntary no-drive days. This article discusses why these programs don't work as well as was hoped, or as well as their proponents claim. Although several of the currently proposed Clean Air Act amendments fulfill the need to "do something" politically, they may not achieve the desired CO reduction goals either.