Robatoy wrote:
On Nov 26, 2:39 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
[snipped for brevity]

And the popularity of SUVs, which fill the luxury sedan/station
wagon
niche but exploit a loophole in the fuel economy laws, suggests
that
the American public wants large cars when they can afford to own
and
run them.

I suppose it is a rich man's option to drive 3 ton behemoth, spewing
insane amounts of sickening fumes into the faces of people who
cannot
do anything about that?

One doesn't have to be rich to afford an SUV, and SUVs have to meet
the same emission laws as any other vehicle, so if they are "spewing
insane amounts of sickening fumes" then so are little econoboxes. In
California they are now putting emission controls on motorcycles and I
understand that lawn mowers are going to be next--they've reached the
point of diminishing returns with cars, SUVs, and trucks.

Wouldn't it be nice that if those, with the brainpower to become
rich,
would also apply their advanced thinking toward accepting the fact
that their behaviour is irresponsible, nay, short-lived? Don't they
give a **** what they leave behind for their grandkids?

How is "their behavior" "irresponsible, nay, short-lived"? If you are
talking about consuming fuel, if everybody drove a mo-ped it would
still run out, just might take a little longer. There is no level of
consumption that will result in the oil lasting forever. Might be the
great grandkids instead of the grandkids who have to transition to a
different fuel, but it's still going to happen.

"Smell my exhaust, you serfs!" "I am on this planet all by myself,
eating and drinking and driving what ""I"" want." " I have NO
responsibility to my fellow planet dwellers." "It is all for ME, ME,
ME *diabolical laughter*."
"And I will kill those who have more fuel for me to burn!!!!"

Nice.

OK, now you've officially lost it.

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