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- From: dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Ethanol blended gasoline
- Message-ID: <209@mogun.UUCP>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 02:37:19 GMT
- References: <bob1.720901984@cos> <1992Nov4.195708.29977@erg.sri.com> <5841@balrog.ctron.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Hotrods `R' Us, Montgomery, IL
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- In article <5841@balrog.ctron.com>, smith@ctron.com (Lawrence C Smith) writes:
- > In article <1da8pfINN5d1@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, walkerr@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Robert A Walker) writes:
- >
- > > Taking cars off the road just because they are old, why.
- >
- > Because they are responsible for 90% of the autombile pollution, and are
-
- This is complete and total BULL-SHIT cars and I mean all cars
- only make up 10% of the worlds pollution.
-
- That's a far cry from the eco-nazis BS that's been used to scare
- everyone into believing that cars are evil.
-
-
- > No one has suggested a mechanism, only the result desired. I expect that
- > when an old car fails the emission test and is condemned, the owner would be
- > paid some salvage fee - and perhaps be rebated some "deposit" amount collected
- > from purchasers of new or used cars - resulting in enough to buy a newer car
- > of similar value but less proclivity for polluting.
-
- That's a really nice way to say: that's a nice hotrod you've got there
- to bad you can't have it anymore but don't worry here's $500.00 for
- your pride and joy.
-
-
- > >some people can't just go out
- > >and buy a newer car.
- >
- > That can no longer be used to justify letting them drive bigtime polluters.
- > If we don't clean up the overall average, the econazi's will have us _all_
- > walking or talking the bus. If we can't work out some sort of way to slip
- > a few bucks to the owners of condemned cars to soften the blow, well, better
- > them than all of us.
-
- You're talking about eco-nazis?
- What the hell do you think YOU are?
-
-
-
- > Well, if George had been re-elected, they could have purchased pollution
- > rights. By paying a bit extra in their registration they'd get a "classic"
- > sticker which would exempt them from the most rigorous standards. That
- > money might _also_ be used to help subsidize the really needy who drive
- > old smokers because that's all they can afford. With Gore in the copilot
- > seat, well, we'll _all_ wind up walking in the slush.
-
- No arguments on this one.
-
-
- > > I personally wouldn't
- > >drive any newer cars by choice, maybe in the future i might be driven
- > >by practicality but new cars suck.
- >
- > Interesting value judgement. You're full of grape juice, though.
-
- He's full of grape juice???
-
-
- > That is the price of progress. But at least newer cars don't _get_ screwed
- > up that often. I haven't had an engine problem since around 1979, except for
- > two EGR valves. That's _four_ cars.
-
- Yea, the price of progress, when you have progress that means things get
- better and/or easyer not harder.
-
-
- > > Well that is my blab about why i like older cars and if you
- > >don't like it, then tough.
- >
- > Nice to see you have an open mind about it, though.
-
- At least he's got a mind about it, you seem to switch from one side
- to the other.
-
-
- > Larry Smith (smith@ctron.com) No, I don't speak for Cabletron. Need you ask?
- > -
- > Liberty is not the freedom to do whatever we want,
- > it is the freedom to do whatever we are able.
-
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-
- |
- | David Gunsul
- | dcg@mogun.uucp
- |------------------------------------------------
- | It's amazing what $2,500 worth of big block
- | will do to $60,000 worth of high technology.
-