# Smog tunnels?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smog-tunnels/379060>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smog-tunnels/379060 "2006-11-04T03:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smog-tunnels/379060/7 "2006-11-04T20:02:33Z")

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I first heard about this watching the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’. Some con man was trying to scam the Clampets out of ther money. I thought it was just a joke, the idea seemed so idiotic it was funny. People actually took this seriously? Wow!

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