I agree 100% Jon. Well said!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
. 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-
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