Re: Car and Driver Editorial on Inconvenient Truth
Hey, I'm all for a greener, cleaner Earf. I recycle like a madman (my recycle bin goes out about twice a month and my garbage bin goes out about once every two months) and I own a Segway which I ride 7.2 miles every day to shorten my commute (Segway gets 620 miles per gallon equivalent.) I'm driving my second hybrid.
I keep up with the global warming news.
What I don't like about AlGore's stuff is that he blames the USA and companies in the USA for most of the problem. Sure, we have a lot of cars, but as a society of people, we must live in the manner in which society has developed. We cannot all ride bikes to work. We need cars for long distance trips to see displaced family. We need trucks and trains to deliver our goods to us.
Anyone with a brain knows the icecaps are melting, but we REALLY don't have any PROOF that man-made GHG is the cause. We just don't.
Does that mean I want to do nothing at all? Of course not. But let's not get radical and start trying to disrupt society with unworkable ideas. Work the changes in as they fit.
Do you know that car companies could make all cars PZEV rated for $200-$500 per car? They don't think consumers would go for the extra cost just to have a clean-emitting car. The problem is that in the case of TOO MANY PEOPLE, they are correct.
Last edited by lars-ss : 08-07-2006 at 09:43 AM.
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