Posted on 07/11/2007 9:23:26 AM PDT by BJungNan
If one of the more extreme responses to global warming comes true, driving a sports car anywhere but on a racetrack might be relegated to history's dustbin.
Fast, powerful cars within a few years may be outlawed in Europe, an idea that has been raised ostensibly because Ferraris and Porsches produce too much carbon dioxide. For those who abhor sports cars as vulgar symbols of affluence (along with vacation homes, furs and fancy jewelry), such a ban could be a two-fer: Saving the planet while cutting economic inequality.
Who are these people anyway who decide on behalf of everyone what car is proper to drive? In the U.S. they're members of Congress, which is considering fuel-efficiency standards that will affect vehicle size. In Europe, it's the ministers and parliamentarians of the European Union, which wants to limit how much CO2 cars can emit as a proxy for a fuel- consumption standard.
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I feel the need...for speed.
I wonder how much CO2 gunpowder produces?
On the other hand, most owners of those cars are arrested development types who actually have anger issue problems with others who choose --- say --- a Prius.
Puzzling, that.
In our neighborhood, dorks who abuse fast cars and terrorize the neighborhood don't last long; first the neighbors deal with cars-as-recreation directly; second the ding-dongs end up running into tress and houses until they run out of money and/or insurance. Posting HTML
Careful, your liberalism is showing through, big time. What a putz, to put it midly. You condem all fast car owners and stamp them with your brand of discrimination. You must be one of the poor who can't afford a fast car.
Envy is written throughout your whole comment. I cannot afford a fast sports car, but more power to those who can buy them. You might think about moving to Sweden or Russia if you don't already live there because your ideas are straight out of the nanny state.
On the other hand, most owners of those cars are arrested development types who actually have anger issue problems with others who choose --- say --- a Prius.
Puzzling, that.
In our neighborhood, dorks who abuse fast cars and terrorize the neighborhood don't last long; first the neighbors deal with cars-as-recreation directly; second the ding-dongs end up running into tress and houses until they run out of money and/or insurance. Posting HTML
Careful, your liberalism is showing through, big time. What a putz, to put it midly. You condem all fast car owners and stamp them with your brand of discrimination. You must be one of the poor who can't afford a fast car.
Envy is written throughout your whole comment. I cannot afford a fast sports car, but more power to those who can buy them. You might think about moving to Sweden or Russia if you don't already live there because your ideas are straight out of the nanny state.
You are kidding, right? I've had my car (nice red sports job) keyed by an envious libscum who drove a little POS car that spewed 10x the cra# into the air that mine does.
Now, I laugh at Priuses -- and the idiotic morons who think they are being green by driving one, all while ignoring the environmental disaster that will result when all those exotic and exceptionally toxic batteries have to be disposed of. Do they make me angry, though? Nope, just good for a laugh.
Sorry, anger and rage are now almost entirely the province of the hate-filled (formerly radical, now mainstream) left. Just look at any "peace," anti-war, or eco rally, and you'll see what I mean...
Of course "concern for _____________ "' (fill in the blank) is always a power grab. It's transparent, everybody knows it, it's not a secret.
Proponents are usually sad souls, devoid of creativity, imagination, mirth. They are powerless, and control over others, any control, makes their lives worthwhile.
Why those people ever get elected to anything is the real mystery.
To get into a position of legislating dweebness.
Hey, what’s that sound? It’s the sound of calex59 putting one through the 10 ring!
It is not the top speed that is fun, it’s the getting there.
We have it on good authority that a Prius will go at least 104 mph, because Al Gore III was stopped after he had been traveling that fast on the San Diego freeway. Of course, he was a little hopped up on some very definitely misused and abused drugs in his system....
Or maybe Al Gore III has some daddy issues.
Do they even have pollution controls on the cars in Europe? They did not some years ago when my Dad’s friend got a grey market Porsche.
Thinking about carbon sink holes, isn’t Hollywood, in the fact the entire entertainment industry, an unnecessary waste of carbon. I can’t think of a single thing that comes from that industry that we can’t live without, including the evening news.
There is a time and place for fast cars and the neighborhood streets simply isn't it. Terrorizing children pets and others' property isn't it.
Please present compelling argument otherwise; I'm willing to listen.
For the record, let me repeat, I am not in favor of legislating fast cars; only the idiots who abuse the opportunity to buy one.
As for the rest of your puerile name-calling, I will simply let your second-grade rant speak for itself.
Wow.
Just wow.
Thank you for proving my point. Plus another I failed to make:
Ignorance truly is bliss...
I don’t even need to read the article, the title says it all.
No lights, no horn, no mud flaps.
Porsche should move its operations to Stuttgart, Texas.
er, make that ARKANSAS. Lots of German town names in TX, too.
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