"Jack May" <jack.may@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> "Eric Vey" <junker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fq596l$ed3$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Oh, yeah. Car manufacturers took it upon themselves to clean up the
> > environment. They didn't need the government to push them, did they?
>
> That is exactly what the data shows. Probably what happened is that
with
> present design software it is cost effective to design for low
pollution.
> With good software, maybe there is no payoff to design for higher
pollution.
Proably what happened is that, in order to sell cars in areas with strict
environmental laws, the manufacturers had to improve their designs as they
were dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
>
> You are a total loser wanting to claim conspiracy everywhere, but there
is
> some data at:
>
> http://www.highways.org/Mar06-speaker-slideshows/Schwartz.ppt#15
This power point presentation is from some character visiting the
American Enterprise Institute, a conservative "think tank", but more
of a propaganda organ.
It claims that driving costs around 20 cents per mile - way too low
if you include capital costs, maintenance, etc. Even the IRS admits
the cost per mile is way higher than that.
I wouldn't trust this source at all.
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