And we are all familiar with the regulations pertaining to air conditioning service and refrigerants. Unfortunately, there is no way to transfer the excess ground-level ozone in the troposphere to the stratosphere to offset the depletion of the ozone layer. What we have to do is get at the root of the problem - human beings and their activities. Experts tell us that if we want to correct the problem, we have to clean up our own act. The refinish manufacturers and applicators of automotive paint have felt the impact of the regulations in our body shops.
Solvents are a blend of VOCs.
Essentially, VOCs are what we smell in and around a body shop. Mo. Chilton has tried to bring the environmental initiatives into perspective in terms of the net benefits to society, and the net costs to industry. In many cases, he notes, these measures are not cost effective. Environmentalists, in turn, are accused by their critics as being elitists who do not care about economic growth and rising standards of living for U.S. citizens. Interestingly, both environmentalists and their critics failed to acknowledge the significant progress that has been made on the environmental front over the past 25 years.