All automobiles are bad for the environment. What you are bitching about is what level of bad is acceptable. Its like saying steal is okay as long as its not more than 100 bucks. As I said in the last SUV bashing thread. Take every car's pollution ratio multiply it by how many miles they drive and put a tax on that. This way you would get people to use public transportation and car pooling.... Let alone the help clear the traffic problems.
My point was you can't generalize and say SUV people are bad or wasteful or anything else. There are too many other variables. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/22/03 10:53AM >>> Typically someone who commutes from Centerville in Fairfax county to Washington DC dives about 25 miles one way. That works out to be quite the distance. Given that he is driving an SUV which does not have the same environmental controls as a passenger car, he proportionately pollutes more and wastes far more gas than someone who drives a compact or mid-size car, or someone who carpools, or takes multiple people with him. larry >That is just ass end backwards. People who drive more miles than >others are the problem. If we are measuring the amount of >pollution a car gives up then we are talking about the emissions * >miles driven.. But your saying a traveling salesmen who does >thousands of miles a week in driving is doing less harm then the >yuppy business man who goes to work and back......simply because the >yuppy drives and SUV > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/22/03 10:02AM >>> >That's a laugh, you're really going on a limb here, either that or >you're more of an extremist that I thought. The person who organized >the anti-SUV campaign is Ariana Huffington, not exactly a left wing >type. Lets be honest about it SUV's pollute more and use more gas >than a car. Its something that cannot continue forever. > >Personally I would rather see a stiff luxury tax placed on SUV's for >all those who do not use them for their original intended use - as a >work vehicle. > >larry > >>Well, it's really a break for vehicles over 6,000 lbs, but our left >>wing media see is as another change to demonize SUVs and their >>owners. I mean after all, we do support terrorism. Although I make >>every effort to buy gas from stations that don't import most of >>their oil. >> >>I look at it as a bonus. I was planning on buying a Tahoe this >>spring either way. So it just ends up helping me out, maybe I can >>get an Escalade now. Either way. If I don't spend the money I have >>to pay taxes on it and I sure as hell don't want to do that. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
