Speed limit Would Slash Pollution, Save Lives


	Speed limit Would Slash Pollution, Save Lives

sidegik

3-26-2008 1:41 PM

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speedbahn : )

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<P>By Jeremy van Loon</p> <P>March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Germany would eliminate millions of tons of 
heat-trapping pollution and save lives by introducing a speed limit on its 
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