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They seem to be leading the US in terms of common sense.. California's new policy on cars (And their leniency on cannabis use is well documented, too )
It seems a bit strange to me that they'd be taking a strong stance on global warming, despite the fact that Bush's policy of ignoring the Kyoto agreement worked in their favour when they were having power shortages a while back.
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quote: The car industry argues that the standards will impose extra production costs, raise prices for consumers and force people into smaller cars than they would want.
Yep. Because what they don't realize is: I can crush your tiny toyota like a empty beer can with my mighty SUV. Sure, it only gets three miles to the gallon, but I can Off road the Rocky Mountains along with my entire extended family. When I throw down the hammer, shit happens.
Not like your car, which is only good for driving to work, and maybe to 7-11 to pick up a Big Gulp. My SUV can handle the all terrain holocaust that'll surely happen when the democrats return to office. I can go plateau jumping in Monument Valley. All the commercials are true. Women are in awe of my massive gear shift. The rumble of 900 plus horse power makes them cling to me in joy the way cellophane sticks to watermelons.
Everything the Car Industry says is true, by god, and I'll stomp a mudhole in the man who says otherwise. Having a Big, Expensive Vehicle is the American Dream.
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In a related story, prices for new-model cars in California are expected to climb 50% by 2009.
Is Global Warming happening? Maybe. If it is, is there anything you can do about it? Probably about as much as you can do about sunshine.
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Lower-friction tire tread? So, as long as polution decreases, it's A-okay to have cars sliding every which way around the roads every time it rains?
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Considering how most SUV's have huge fat tires which each produce more friction than the threads of your average Abrams tank, I don't see a lot of harm in that legislative tidbit.
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Yes, but do they have contact patches the size of a fat woman's thighs? Can they launch a pound of bacon into the asteroid belt? And so on?
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