If you had lived or stayed in the Los Angeles Basin in the early 80's,
and went back today, you would be absolutely astounded at the
improvement in the clarity of the air, along with the odors associated
therewith. This improvement has come about almost solely because of the
toughness of the environmental rules. California's rules led the nation
toward the much cleaner cars which are sold today, as I am certain that
the car companies would never have done it on their own (witness the
aforementioned SUV's). These attacks are not based on too big or too
fun. They are based on the health and welfare of the population as a
whole, just like the anti-smoking laws which exist today. If Chevy
wants to make an SUV which gets 30 miles to a gallon, I'm sure most
activists would be happy to leave well enough alone.
Bill
Slightly Classics
'81 VW diesel pickup
'92 Isuzu Rodeo Gas Hog
and a whole bunch of LBC's
Rocky Frisco wrote:
> David Breneman wrote:
>
>> Rocky Frisco SEZ -
>>
>>> I tend to agree, but I think the sentence WAS a bit excessive,
>>> considering he only killed three of the big ugly rolling road-hogs.
>>> If it had been three MGs, I reckon he should get the death penalty. ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> Amen! But if vandals can attack SUVs because they're "too big" they
>> can sure attack MGs because they're "too fun." I don't think these
>> luddites will be happy until everybody's forced to use mass transit
>> and the private ownership of cars is severly curtailed if not banned
>> outright. After all, if you can go see an MG in a museum, why do
>> you need to own one?
>
>
> The latest vandals with that attitude are in our Oklahoma State
> Legislature; I was advised yesterday morning that they are developing
> a secret plan to require emissions tests on all vehicles starting in
> 2005.
>
> The citizens of the State demanded a while back that the Oklahoma
> "safety check" be abandoned, so they no longer require it. It was a
> bogus deal anyway. Now it seems they plan to bring it back, but with
> California-style enviro-wacky fascist rules based on bad "science."
>
> The person who told me this is very well informed and also said that
> so far there's no exemption provision for classic cars and collector
> cars.
>
> I plan to raise some hell about this.
>
> -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com
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