--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > California Sues GM, Ford, Toyota Over Global Warming (Update1) > > > > > > I agree. These automakers lack of social responsibility is > > appalling- > > > where they must be sued or legislated into making any socially > > > responsible changes at all. Ever survived a car accident? If so, > > thank > > > your seat belts, airbags, etc. which were mandated by > legislation. > > > > > > > > If the consumer had demanded those things, they would have been on > > cars long before any government mandated it. > > > > Indeed, as I understand it, there are regulations soon coming out > > that people can dismantle airbags if they want? I wonder if they > > will choose to do so and in what numbers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One other point- I can choose to eat at McDees or not. Not so > > > regarding driving my car, as the automotive lobby was > instrumental > > in > > > dimantling the public transportation (streetcar) networks at the > > turn > > > of the 19th-20th centuries. > > > > > > > > > > I wasn't aware that public transportation doesn't exist in L.A. or > > San Franscisco and other areas of California. > > > > That's terrible! Haven't the people there protested against this? > > I'll start taking 'public transportation' in the SF Bay Area when > everyone else does... > > When I was working in San Francisco, about 50 miles away from > here, 'public transportation' would've meant taking a bus to a train > to another bus to a subway for about a 2 and 1/2 hr trip one way, > vs. one hour by car. > > Currently I can take two buses and a light rail to work for an hour > and a half vs a 20 minute car ride. Yeah, we've got 'public > transporation'... >
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