RE: RE: Jeep Liberty

From: Jamie Calder (jcalder3@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2007 - 17:06:03 EST


Thank you Jon (seriously)!

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droo <03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:

: Diesel might be more efficient but it's also much dirtier. Until they get
: the cleaner technologies into the cars, diesel isn't all that great for
: the enviroment. It's also not so easy to come buy if you are more than 1
: mile from a major highway.

   That's assuming of course that you can believe anything anybody says in
this area. Clean cars vs. dirty cars, global warming, the environment, etc.
Personally, I think the whole thing is a complete crock. Most of what you
hear is based on politics as opposed to science, and even those in the
"environmentalist" camp who DO seem to be approaching the whole thing from a
scientific standpoint quite obviously don't have a clue. I mean, when you
see studies saying that animals create more "greenhouse gasses" than
vehicles ever have, and the fact that a single volcanic eruption spews more
so called "pollution" into the air than man could ever hope to do in a
million years, its pretty hard to take someone complaining about "dirty"
vehicles seriously. The sooner man realizes that he's just an impotent
speck who couldn't destroy the environment if he tried, the better off we'll
all be. (We can create isolated, local problems sure, but global climactic
change? Not a chance. ...and even the local problems seem to get cleaned
up in relativey short order by nature.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not
advocating trying to destroy the environment
- I'm into conservation - I think at some level, everybody is; nobody WANTS
dirty air and water; its just that the people who call themselves
environmentalists have blown things so far out of proportion that it'd be
comical if the consequences of their actions weren't so dire. (i.e. to name
just one, the nearly 100 million people who are dead and the millions who
die every year thanks to the banning of DDT - a harmless pesticide.)

   The "environmentalists" have cried wolf over so many things that have
since been proven to be wrong, lies, or both, that on the rare occasion that
they DO raise a legitimate concern, they have a huge credibility gap to
overcome. At this point, the "environmentalists" are almost certainly doing
more harm to the environment than good, and they are definitely doing more
harm than good to the well being of the earth's population in general.
Speaking just for myself, I have personally reached to the point where I
automatically assume that anything coming out of the "environmentalist" camp
is a lie until I can verify otherwise.

   Anyway, this is getting a bit off topic, :-) but in a roundabout way, I
guess what I'm saying is that the so called "environmental impact" a vehicle
has doesn't even register on my radar. This is because I could drive an oil
tanker to work every day and it wouldn't have the slightest environmental
impact. When buying a vehicle, pick the one that will work the best for
you; wether you need towing capability, cargo space, good gas mileage,
whatever. If diesel fits the bill, then by all means, go for it! IMHO,
diesel engines have been vastly underutilized in the USA, which is a shame
because they have many positive qualities. The push to get diesel to be
more widely adopted seems to be building steam lately, and I wish it well.
The average diesel engine is an excellent combination of power and
efficiency, and I would urge everyone to give a diesel thorough
consideration when it comes time to purchase a vehicle.

-- 
                                          -Jon-

.- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -. | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars | `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'



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