there certainly are areas of higher density that get a lot of smog(Los Angeles and Sacramento in paticular), but I'm not aware of any specific connection between that and there are plenty of other places in the states with the same issueQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
The Smog in LA is disgusting, but blaming the people who make the cars??... What is sewing them going to solve?
Is this because California is in massive debt?
California and some of the other states are leading the charge against corporations who have signifgantly contributed to climate change.
I think this is motivated by a variety of reasons.
Firstly, because the targeted motor companies haven’t acted in a morally or legally responsible manner in the production and sale of there range of vehicles when they had the means to do so, for example they deliberately avoided producing low emission low fuel consumption vehicles when they had the technology to do so - but chose the opposite. I don’t mean like since 5 years ago but over a longer time period.
Secondly, it seems (like here in Australia) there is a culture of ignorance that pervades the elected Federal Governments ie the Bush administration and Howard Government to acknowledge its existence and to deal with the fallout from the Greenhouse effect – which is massive. This is evident in there reluctance to sign the Kyoto protocol – an agreement that could have existed between industrialised countries to place legal onus to reduce their collective greenhouse gas emissions.
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This figure shows the annual fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions, in million metric tons of carbon, for a variety of non-overlapping regions covering the Earth. Data source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
High Carbon dioxide means high global temperature. Why should we worry about how car companies profits are being affected when our whole habitat is getting fcked up!?!
link for y'all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_on_climate_change
well it looks like Arnold is trying to do the right thing......
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has ditched his beloved $950,000 (GBP500,000) fleet of Hummer cars in a bid to save the environment. The TERMINATOR movie star-turned-California governor is devoted to the sport utility vehicles for their "precision". He was the first person to own one of cars in 1992 after persuading manufacturers to make them for non-army purposes. But Hummers emit three times more carbon dioxide than a regular car - and after the State of California announced it was suing carmakers Toyota, Nissan, Ford, Honda, Chrysler and General Motors over greenhouse gas emissions, ex movie star Schwarzenegger felt it was prudent to make the change. Eco-aware campaigner AL GORE confirms, "Arnie has given up his Hummers."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...ummers_1008982
So whats Arnie driving now, a Prius or Civic Hybrid? :p
Can he even fit into one of those?
I'd like to see him in an Insight.
The graph really puts things in perspective. The line for Eastern Europe is very interesting, seems like they care & are trying to cut down on their Carbon emissions.
Uhhh.... the economy's crumbling after the fall of the Soviet Union. So there is not much industry going on, hence lower CO2. Also, they are too poor to own cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sensei
How could I have missed that...:oQuote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
I have a one track mind sometimes.:p
the car companys will get sued and huge pay outs will be made.
just like people suing tobacco' companies for causing cancer.
same shit, different smell.
u can pretty much sue anything these days. i can sue your dog for shittin on my lawn. :rolleyes:
i bet the people sueing the car factories still drove to and from the court...stupid fools