If the elected representatives can be convinced co2 is a pollutant, we
could only wonder how many other things they have wrong. The Indianaplis
news paper has letters to the editor to get govt out of these areas. The
only talk about gas milage is why Dale Jarrett ran out of gas. 400,000
peole watching the Brickyard 400 had a good time without taking air
samples
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> From: Klaus Wilkens <klaus@buffnet.net>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Junker Law was: 99 Dakota R/T
> Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 6:39 AM
>
> I love the way the Environmental Nazis and politicians throw the numbers
> around. "Reduce emissions by 50%". What they don't tell you is 50 % of 6%
at a
> cost of hundreds or thousands per vehicle. Wouldn't it be great if the
truth in
> advertising and truth in lending laws applied to political statements ?
>
> They tried to force periodic emission testing on upstate NY recently and
had a
> full scale revolt going, to the point our emission tests upstate consist
of a
> visual inspection with the focus on the gas cap! About 3 years ago they
tried
> to force oxygenated fuel on upstate and had another rebellion on hand. It
was
> great to hear the politicians (Cuomo and company at the time) try to
explain
> why we had to use more expensive fuel that delivered less milage in an
area
> that doesn't have air quality problems! I think that fiasco lasted about
a
> month.
>
> I would think most reasonable people would agree that we needed to
produce
> cleaner vehicles after1967 but I think they have reaced the economical
limit
> long ago and should concentrate on making cars run clean longer for the
bone
> heads that don't maintain them rather than pass expensive feel good
> requirements that accomplish little or nothing at great expense to the
> consumer.
>
>
> Luslugger wrote:
>
> > Something like 90 % of the previous emissons have
> > been eliminated. We are now talking about reducing green house
gasses
> > ;translated to mean co2 or complete combustion
> >
>
>
>
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