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Group: nashville.general · Group Profile
Author: Brent PBrent P Date: Sep 19, 2008 18:44
On 2008-09-20, Timberwoof inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com> wrote:> In article
> b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> Tuesday Blimpie rocketmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sep 19, 4:40Â pm, Brent P yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>> I would simply have the regulations changed such that the US
>>> would accept vehicles that meet ECE standards. Maybe require labeling
>>> stating which standard a car meets, USDOT/EPA or ECE so the buyer knows
>>> what he is getting. It would make the market much more free.
>>
>> Far too rational for any politician to accept.
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> No, no: far too rational for any manufacturer to accept.
>
> Otoh, I'm not sure I want to leave the decision of whether to buy the
> spendier pollution controls in the hands of buyers who won't accept
> personal responsibility for the pollution they'd be making or believe
> that the added pollution stuff will make their cars run worse.
The days of european market vehicles not having pollution controls ended
decades ago. The difference today amounts to 6 of one and half a dozen
of the other. It's not a matter of clean vs. unclean but of something
like 1.5g/mi of that and 1.6g/mi of the other and 1.6g/mi of that and
1.5g/mi of the other. Only the control freaks and the paper pushers who
enjoy power in the system would suffer.
In other areas like vehicle lighting the ECE regs require better
performance than the USDOT ones. The reverse is probably true in things
like armrest standards.
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