The Charlotte Observer, a local paper that absolutely hates freedom and anything associated with it, continues it's war on the automobile by calling for California-style rules on cars in North Carolina.
The Observer editorial staff hates cars. They honestly and seriously want to eliminate automobiles from the state. Why? Because cars support freedom and they despise freedom. Cars give mobility to people and allow people to move and escape from totalitarian regimes, like the one that the Observer would have in Charlotte.
Just one sample from the article that shows how much that staff will do and say anything to advance their anti-freedom agenda:
It may come up with a proposal to require that lower-emission vehicles be sold in this state.Good. It's time the General Assembly seriously considered ways to clean up vehicle emissions and give consumers more choices.
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness....
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
I do not think that solution to polution is by following California's path. I do think that there are several alternative methods to better our society.
I like public transportation (yes I know it is financially expensive but has the added benefit of getting people to walk more thus saving money down the road).
I think we need to invest in developing technology that could substitute the combustion engine.
I think there is a different type of energy, perhaps more efficient that buning stuff to create steam to then create electricity.
Good luck on fighting the California polution solution.
I hate this type of crap. I have a 6.0 liter gas hog of a truck, I love it. I get 10-14 miles to the gallon, and I drive it everywhere, because I love it.
I've been in those fuel efficient hybrids. They suck, they are horrible little cars that can't do squat. Hell, I've driven go-carts that are more enjoyable to drive then those things are, and probably have more power.
I don't know about "1984," but the ultimate source for the quote is hardly George Orwell.
Try Isaiah 5: 20,21.
I know somene with one of those new hybrids......it has a peculiar way of not actually increasing power when you stomp on teh gas...the engine just makes more noise and your fuel efficiency plummets......gimme a good old American muscle car anyday....step on the gas in one of those and you know it.
Public transportation sucks ass.....out here in Cali if you are riding the bus it's because you're a broke ass bitch that can't afford a car. The bus system in L.A. used to be the "RTD", (rapid transit district), which was anything but rapid, and the nickname in LA for it was the ruff, tuff and dangerous, for self explanatory reasons.
Mass transit will never work, because the people it is targetd for use by can't afford the real costs to use it, hence subsidies. Give me a bus service that reflects the costs of doing business in teh price to ride and I may ride, at least then I will know the broke ass criminal element wont be on there.
I don't like this facination with hybrid and alternative fuels. The recent pushing of ethanol is NOTHING more than buying the midwestern corn vote (seriously). That crap costs MORE THAN GASOLINE.
And yes, Bonnie, that's where I got it. Nice catch.
And you've hit it again, Kender -- mass transit is DESIGNED to make people dependent, NOT to save energy, costs, or anything else.
Yes, alternative fuels and cars have awhile to go before they are usefull.
Have any of you tried out the hybrid pick-ups. I don't know if Ogre notice or not but more are appearing on the road. I am actually interested in one. Gas for towing and hauling and electric for everyday driving.
Also the transit in DC is used by just about everybody. I actually saw several different economic class people on it.
I have nothing against hybird vehicles -- if I have a choice! Let people buy them who want them and stop making ME pay for them (I pay now with tax money given as a gift to anyone who buys one).
And mass transit, even in DC is STILL subsidized -- which means *I* am paying for people to ride the train there with no benefit to me.
I have done several posts on hybrids and they hype that they don't live up to.
They do not get anywhere near the mileage that the car companies are claiming because the tests they use to determine mileage do not take into consideration real driving.
That said the amount of polution that cars produce is a lot less then what anyone thinks, if I remember correctly only 10% of all pollution is caused by automobiles. So they could eliminate all auto's and still have a major problem with pollution.
Another excellent post with actual facts. Yes, if you got rid of all automobiles, as MANY environmental activists want, there would be almost zero effect on pollution!