So it's the fault of the SUV that there are slow and incompetent drivers that drive them? Gimme a break!
At 05:59 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote: >Tractor trailers generally stay on the interstates and main arterials >and don't do 10mph down Central while booking a power lunch on their >cell phone. > >Dana > > >On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:23:08 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You anti-SUV people annoy me. So what if I like to have a lot of room in > > my vehicle? I like having a big truck, I like the room, I like the fact > > that I stand a good chance of living when I crash into a tree, I like being > > able to haul lumber from Home Depot, my dog likes riding in the back. What > > harm does it do you? Don't give me the gas guzzling crap, either. How > > many of you leave on lights at home or don't recycle EVERYTHING or throw > > that can of paint in the trash every once in a while? There are a lot more > > things on the earth that are destroying the environment worse than a few > > million SUV's. > > > > A road hazard? How? Honestly, that is just silly. Tractor trailers are a > > road hazard, but you aren't complaining about them! > > > > Ray <--- likes stirring up debate :) > > > > At 03:14 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote: > > > > Robyn wrote: > > > > Your example, SUVs, *do* affect you, because they are > > > > guzzling the earth's fuel and polluting the environment that you live > > > > in, and someday you or your children will feel the repercussions. > > > > > > > > > >I hate SUVs because they're impossible to see around and a general > > >road hazard. However I can't say they're guzzling the earth's fuel > > >since everything is guzzling the Earth's fuel and will continue to do > > >so until we run out or wise up. > > > > > >As a Saudi Prince said, "the stone age didn't end for lack of stone > > >and the oil age won't end for lack of oil." His point being that > > >eventually oil will get really expensive and humans will have to > > >figure something else out. > > > > > >That being the case we're probably better off guzzling the fuel to > > >force society to deal with the problem. Still - why can't we do it > > >with gas guzzling small cars? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148343 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
