Bill Z. wrote:
> "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.
>
>
As with many similar outfits, it rather depends what you mean by "think".
--
Cor****ate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it
has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management
decisions. -From “Rollerball”
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