Clunkers, where did the jobs go.

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Give the mechanics some credit. I'm sure the oil is drained with the stuff in it and disposed of by a haz mat company just like the rest of their hazardous materials. Maybe not in Tx though. If the techs aren't using protection than they probably will have to live with unwanted circumstances. Of course in some states they aren't allowed to teach that so who knows.

You mean like all those ship yard workers who did what they were told and got a terminal miserable disease because somebody just didn't care enough. Most car dealerships are not set up for storing let alone putting fumes into the air by running car engines with a caustic inhalant result from running it in a car engine. How incredibly ignorant on the 'One's' part.

And WHO paid for the suits and air evacuation and breathing units in each dealership if it is there? Seems this legislation is not just dumb but lethal.
 
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Wow a conservative admitting that corporations will do whatever they want without regulation. I'm going to print and frame.
 
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Wow a conservative admitting that corporations will do whatever they want without regulation. I'm going to print and frame.

Those corporations were working for the Government shocker I know.
 
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Just a thought where is this Class 8 hazardous waste going when it leaves the car lot? And who is going to pay for the health disaster of car dealership mechanics after they suffer long term damage from breathing the caustic fume?

Sodium Silicate is nasty in liquid form, worse when vaporized. It's referred to as liquid glass. However, once the car engine is run, the water portion is going to evaporate off, leaving a very base PH crusty residue in the engine. It's not particularly scary in that form, unless you reconsitute it with water again. At that point, it's main issue as a polutuant is that it has a very base PH, and is still water-soluable. Sort of like an abrasive Draino.

Yeah, there's a risk. Don't stand there over the engine with steam coming out of it and inhale nasty base-Ph sand into your lungs. Don't drink it. Don't rub it all over your dumb self.

Sodium silicate residue is generally neutralized with a weak acetic acid solution. Mix the right base and the right acid in the right quantities and you have neutral ph sand.

Ever have a wacky high school science teacher who would awe the students by using hydrocloric acid strong enough to disolve nuts and bolts as mouth wash, after he mixed some baking soda into it? Mix the right base and the right acid, in the right ratios, and you get the same PH as water. Don't drink, and Do Not Try This at Home!

edit: Dang, I cannot spel wort beens today!​
 
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Wow a conservative admitting that corporations will do whatever they want without regulation. I'm going to print and frame.

Those corporations were working for the Government shocker I know.

You're presenting groundless arguments. Ship yards work for whomever pays them. Once the gov became aware of the dangers of asbestos it was outlawed just like lead in paint.
 
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