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Posted on July 31, 2008

It's typical for air quality to improve in a slow economy becausepeople spend less on goods and services, said John Whitehead, anAppalachian State University environmental economics professor.As a result, there's less energy demand. That means less emissions, he said.Yeah, what he said.Talking with Jim Bruggers from my hometown paper on the phone this week:Jim: Question ...John: Blah, blah, blah ... I'm great ... blah, blah, blah ... I'm a good dresser ... blah, blah, blahJim (paraphrasing except the quotes): Yeah, that's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure from someone who is kind of ...

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