UK unleaded petrol cost?
Daniel J. Stern
> It continues to amaze me how irresponsible Americans are to natural
> resources or taking part in anything the rest of the world is doing that
> really matters (Kyoto?).
Given the choice, it is always better to do nothing than to do the wrong
thing. Kyoto is very much the wrong thing, because it encourages
developing countries to make the same errors and messes the developed
world made, with the vague promise that they can clean them up at that
magical time known as "later". Between now and "later", of course,
first-world manufacturing concerns absolutely *race* to move their
manufacturing operations to the third world because of the absence of
meaningful environmental standards. Net result: INCREASED pollution.
> Americans continue to abuse the planet by thinking it's their God-given
> right to have cheap fuel.
Would those be the same Americans who have been between two and three
decades ahead of the UK in the adoption of every significant auto exhaust
emission control technology? The same Americans who didn't foolishly jump
on the diesel bandwagon and thus didn't get caught as the UK did with
their pants down when -- oopsie daisy! -- it was found that PM10 and NOx
emissions from diesels are much greater health hazards than the emissions
from properly-controlled gasoline engines?
Those Americans? Or some other kind?
DS
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> Those Americans? Or some other kind?
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> DS
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Two words mate ... says it all - President Bush ;P
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each to their own, I'm not lookign for a fight
edward ohare
There were some tough times complying with emission standards, but who
would have thought Detroit would eventually come up with lower
emissions, better gas mileage, and more horsepower? That's what
happened.
I go to the pump here in the land of "cheap" gas and find a label
telling me that a third of the cost is tax. Sounds to me like its too
expensive here. Its not my God given right to have cheap gas. Its
something as powerful as economic reality.