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FILENAME:	3255_1352_1414
TOPIC#:		302
DATE:		911015
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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay,  /
sv          A.1 utt2: for as far as, {F um, }  I would think [  the, + probably the, ] {F uh, } worst substance that's probably, {F um, } - /
%         A.1 utt3:  {E or, } started to say the, {F uh, } - /
sv          A.1 utt4: what causes the most air pollution is probably the car -- /  

ba         @B.2 utt1:  Probably so, /  

sv          A.3 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } whether or not, {F um, }  they'll ever get into {D like } huge transit systems into big cities where people would all  travel on a high speed, {F uh, } train <laughter> [ or, + or ] something like that  /
%          A.3 utt2: {C or, } -/  

aa          B.4 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.4 utt2: it'll be hard to get people to give up their mobility. /  

aa          A.5 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          A.5 utt2: that's exactly it,  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {C and } that's what  we're finding, {F um, } here, where we're at, in Minneapolis area,  is that people don't want to carpool --   

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.7 utt1:  -- that there are inconveniences to that,  /
sv          A.7 utt2:  {C or } maybe you don't like the person [ you have to, + you would want ]  to carpool with, that kind of thing,  /
sv          A.7 utt3: {C so }  [ it's, + it's ] kind of a thing where, {F uh, }  I think the majority of the people do not carpool. /  

aa          B.8 utt1:  I think so too.  /
sd          B.8 utt2:  I'm in Texas -- /  

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  -- {C and } very few people carpool -- /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  -- {F uh, } the people that I know don't  want to because, {F uh, } they never know for sure what time they're going to leave their job -- /  

aa          A.13 utt1:  Exactly. /  

sd         B.14 utt1:  -- they never know when they want to run out and  do an errand at noon, {D you know, }

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh, /  

+           B.16 utt1:  they just feel they need their car. /  

^2          A.17 utt1:  or if somebody gets sick.  /
b         A.17 utt2: Yeah,  /
sv          A.17 utt3: {C or } if somebody  gets sick, and it's not the other person --   

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.19 utt1:  -- and they want to go home, and  that one person's got the car --   

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  -- then [ they're, + they're ] stuck,  /
sv          A.21 utt2: you're --   

ba          B.22 utt1:  That's right. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  -- definitely right,  /
o@         A.23 utt2: {C so, } *[[slash error]]

sv          B.24 utt1:  {C And } people don't want to give it up -- /  

+@         A.25 utt1:  Yes, /   *[[slash error]]

sv          B.26 utt1:  -- {C but } now I think we've made great strides --   

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- in changing a lot of that by going  to the unleaded gasoline [ and + <noise> <<telephone click>> --   

b          A.29 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.30 utt1:  -- and ] to change the car itself -- /  

aa          A.31 utt1:  Sure,  /
sd          A.31 utt2: that happens quite a bit, /  

sv          B.32 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } {D you know, } [ I, + I ]  don't guess we can get away from it a hundred percent -- /  

b         A.33 utt1:  Yes,  /
b          A.33 utt2: yeah -- /  

%          B.34 utt1:  -- {C but } --   

ba         A.35 utt1:  -- that's very true. /  

+@          B.36 utt1:  -- yeah. *[[should this be two slash units?]]/  

sd          A.37 utt1:  {F Uh, } other than that, {F uh, } I don't know, /  

sd^c          B.38 utt1:  {D Well, } my other line is ringing -- /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Okay. /  

ad^c          B.40 utt1:  -- {C but } we're going to ignore it <laughter>. /  

aa          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay, <laughter>  /
ad^t          A.41 utt2: we'll try to be real quick here. /  

fa^c          B.42 utt1:  I'm sorry for these beeps, /  

qw^d^t          A.43 utt1:  The other thing then is, because I don't  know how long they want us to talk, /  

sd^t          B.44 utt1:  {F Oh, } close to five minutes, I believe. /  

b^m          A.45 utt1:  Five minutes, {F oh, } okay. /  

qy^d          B.46 utt1:  {C And } you're in Minneapolis, /  

na          A.47 utt1:  Minneapolis area, /  

qy          B.48 utt1:  {D Well, } is the pollution really bad up there? /  

ng          A.49 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D actually } no.  /
sd          A.49 utt2:   We have, {F uh, } quite a bit, {F uh, }  /

sv         A.49 utt3: the only problem that we have  and that's all over the whole world is ozone --   

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- and of course hay fever season -- /  

b         B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.53 utt1:  -- you get some pollutants such as those,  /
sv          A.53 utt2:  {C but } those are natural -- /  

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah  /
x          B.54 utt2: <sniffing>.   

%         A.55 utt1:  -- {F um, } {C but } there is starting to, - /
sd          A.55 utt2:   in Minneapolis itself, because of so many people on the highway, there is becoming a  problem of pollution,  /
sd          A.55 utt3: {C and } --   

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+         A.57 utt1:  -- they just put in a strict law that  as of every year when you get your license tabs --   

b          B.58 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- you have to have your car inspected --   

b          B.60 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.61 utt1:  -- to see if it's releasing any, {F uh, }  lead into the air --   

b          B.62 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.63 utt1:  -- or other pollutants,  /
sd          A.63 utt2: {C and } if that's the case,  then you have to get your car fixed, /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  {D Well } --   

%          A.65 utt1:  at least where you  ((   )) . -/  

+          B.66 utt1:  -- that's the way it has gotten here.  /
sd          B.66 utt2:   We have just had that law, I think, about a year, maybe a year and a half here in Texas -- /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Sure,  /
b          A.67 utt2: yeah, /  

sv          B.68 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } I think it's a good idea --   

aa          A.69 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv         A.69 utt2: it's not a bad idea. /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- because a lot of people still want to  drive the older cars --   

b          A.71 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.72 utt1:  -- which you can't blame them for that -- /  

b          A.73 utt1:  Sure,  /
b^r          A.73 utt2: sure, /  

sv          B.74 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } {C but } if they are polluting  the air,  they [ need, + do need ] to have them fixed -- /  

aa          A.75 utt1:  Exactly, /  

sd          B.76 utt1:  -- {C and } {D you know, } there's a big move,  especially in the industrial part in Texas right now of controlling the C F C -s --    

b          A.77 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.78 utt1:  -- that the big manufacturing companies are  producing into the air --   

b          A.79 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.80 utt1:  -- they're having to change the type of products they use -- /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.82 utt1:  -- {F uh, } they can't use, - /
sd          B.82 utt2: {D like, } I have a  friend that's in the air conditioning heating business -- /  

b          A.83 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  -- {C and } they have to pay a penalty  for every ounce or pound of this certain type of freon that they use in the air  conditioning [ syst-, + systems ] -- /  

b          A.85 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          B.86 utt1:  -- therefore, the individual, every time they  have a service call, if they have an old unit that's still using  this twenty-two freon or whatever --   

b          A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.88 utt1:  -- [ it is, + it costs ] them three times  as much to get it fixed -- /  

b          A.89 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd         B.90 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } if you have a new high  efficiency system that uses the new type of freons that do not release as many  C F C -s into the atmosphere --   

b          A.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.92 utt1:  -- it doesn't cost as much --    

b          A.93 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.94 utt1:  -- so eventually people are going to  have to go to newer systems, {D you know, } /  

b          A.95 utt1:  Sure -- /  

%          B.96 utt1:  {C But, } -/  

sv          A.97 utt1:  -- {F uh, } the other thing when you're  talking about freon with cars, {F uh, } air conditioning, I'm sure --   

b          B.98 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.99 utt1:  -- over there it's a necessity --   

b           B.100 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.101 utt1:  -- versus something up here we can  live without it  /
sv          A.101 utt2: {C but } it's uncomfortable -- /  

b          B.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.103 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } this year my husband  recharged our freon because it [ was, + ] needed to be done,  /
sd          A.103 utt2: {C and } one of the cans <laughter>  released entire amount --   

%          B.104 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          A.105 utt1:  -- of freon [ into the, + {F uh, } into the ]  air because he opened it,  /
sd          A.105 utt2: {C and, } I don't know --   

b          B.106 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.107 utt1:  -- if there was something wrong with it, or [ it, +  his ]  directions weren't quite fully instructed onto that,  /
sd          A.107 utt2:  {C and } I was thinking how many other people -- -/  

sv          B.108 utt1:  It's probably happened to millions of people, /  

ba          A.109 utt1:  -- {F oh, } sure,  /
sv          A.109 utt2:  {C because } --   

b          B.110 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.111 utt1:  -- if you take it into a service station,   

x          B.112 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

+          A.113 utt1:  they want to charge you forty dollars just  for, {F uh, } freon, which only costs you about three dollars -- /  

b          B.114 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv(^q)          A.115 utt1:  -- {C so } I have this feeling that freon  probably will increase in price because it is something that people will have  to take into consideration and  say, {D Hey, } [ that's + --   

b          B.116 utt1:  Uh-huh /  

+          A.117 utt1:  -- that's ] right there.  /
sd          A.117 utt2:   I think it's like three or four dollars [ a, + a ] can -- /  

b          B.118 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.119 utt1:  -- {C and } it takes about four to five  cans to fill up a air conditioning unit in a car,  /
sd          A.119 utt2: {C and } [ I, + I ]  thought about that,  /
sd          A.119 utt3: {C and } my husband even was kind of woozy after that because I'm sure he breathed it <laughter> -- /  

^2         B.120 utt1:  Inhaled so much of it,  /
b          B.120 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          A.121 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } you think about  that, all the people that are using freon and  things like that  /
o@          A.121 utt2: {C and, } *[[slash error]]

b          B.122 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.122 utt2: {D well, } of course  in the, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.122 utt3: I think you probably noticed in the discount stores and places, in the hair sprays --   

+@          A.123 utt1:  Uh-huh. /   *[[slash error]]

+          B.124 utt1:  -- we're not seeing as many aerosol cans down here --   

aa          A.125 utt1:  Exactly. /  

+          B.126 utt1:  -- nearly everything is in the pump squirt, /  

b^m@          A.127 utt1:  Pump,  yeah, *[[should this be two slash units?]]/ 
