At 6:47 PM -0400 10/19/00, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, jim bell wrote:
>
>>Naturally, a chemical solution (pun not directly intended...but I'll take it
>>anyway) becomes apparent. If the ultimate motivation of the car siezures is
>>to sell them and keep the money, what would happen if somebody acquired a
>>few ounces or gallons of PCB's (poly-chlorinated biphenyls; common in
>>20+year-old (non-electrolytic) capacitors), and sprayed them (only a very
>>tiny amount per car should be necessary, maybe 1 milliliter or so?) into
>>those siezed cars though a broken window (or injected through door seals).
>>Naturally, it would be important to anonymously call the local newspaper or
>>TV stations and report on what had occurred, possibly the EPA as well. That
>>car would suddenly change from a $10,000 asset into possibly a $100,000
>>liability for the agency which siezed them..
>>
>>Just a thought
>
>A thought, however, requiring people to handle PCB's -- which
>are no fun whatsoever, heavily regulated, hard to acquire (albeit
>relatively easy to synthesize), and all-around poisonous. That's
>damaging more than just the criminals in this case. That's damaging
>the planet.
PCBs are as close as your nearest utility pole transformer.
Are they as dangerous as reporters have led us to believe? My suspicion? No.
--Tim May
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