Originally Posted by
bluetwo
At the underlieing base of it all there are assholes who don't drive effecient vehicles or for that matter are likely to ever drive at all if not totally necessary.
That's where the double standard comes in. Any politician that signs a bill saying we should accelerate the CAFE standards and encourage people trade in their gas guzzler for something smarter, then turns around and rides in a limo everywhere they go or flies on a jet that makes a thousand times more pollution than any car does.... becomes the epitome of a double standard in my mind.
Truf. Jet liners actually pollute really fucking bad. I read recently that a cross-country flight with 150 passengers actually pollutes more than 150 people getting in their cars and driving across the country. A push lawnmower also pollutes about 20 times more than the average car.

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