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Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Doug
Date: Jul 22, 2008 22:31

Yeah sure! Pull the other one. Greenwash doesn't crack it.

"With its muscular sports cars presented by curvaceous models, the
British International Motor Show has always been a shrine to the power
of the internal combustion engine. But petrolheads will be shocked by
the sacrilegious centrepiece of this year's show: a green "village"
crowded with dinky electric cars, electric bicycles, and even a Lotus
Eco Elise partly made out of hemp.

Mph and bhp are out. Mpg and grams of CO2 per km are the statistics
every manufacturer is shouting about. On pedestals where gull-winged
V8s used to revolve, now stand hydrogen and hybrid machines with
dashboard components made from cork; the manufacturer's boast is that
it is the only wood that can be harvested without killing the tree..."

"...The green concept cars look impressive, but they are all years
away from production. Cadillac's Provoq is still "15 to 20 years
away", according to General Motors. Even Mercedes' electric Smart will
not be in production until 2010 - and the familiar Smart car was
designed for electric power anyway.
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Re: Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Brimstone
Date: Jul 22, 2008 23:13

Doug wrote:
> Yeah sure! Pull the other one. Greenwash doesn't crack it.
>
Yet another motoring thread Doug?

And yet again Doug's only comment is to disparage other people's efforts to
develop less polluting transport.
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Re: Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Fod
Date: Jul 23, 2008 04:00

On Jul 23, 7:13 am, "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> Yeah sure! Pull the other one. Greenwash doesn't crack it.
>
> Yet another motoring thread Doug?
>
> And yet again Doug's only comment is to disparage other people's efforts to
> develop less polluting transport.

Thats because he doesn't want it. He just wants no cars.

Fod
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Re: Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Doug
Date: Jul 23, 2008 23:00

On 23 Jul, 12:00, Fod googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 23, 7:13 am, "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Doug wrote:
>>> Yeah sure! Pull the other one. Greenwash doesn't crack it.
>
>> Yet another motoring thread Doug?
>
>> And yet again Doug's only comment is to disparage other people's efforts to
>> develop less polluting transport.
>
> Thats because he doesn't want it. He just wants no cars.
>
Actually, I want fewer cars and little or no greenwash. Instead of
cars making up 80%% of road vehicles and pretending to be 'green' it
would be a big improvement if they were reduced to less than 50%% and
carried a large health warning on their bodywork.
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Re: Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Fod
Date: Jul 24, 2008 01:41

On Jul 24, 7:00 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
> On 23 Jul, 12:00, Fod googlemail.com> wrote:> On Jul 23, 7:13 am, "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> Yeah sure! Pull the other one. Greenwash doesn't crack it.
>
>>> Yet another motoring thread Doug?
>
>>> And yet again Doug's only comment is to disparage other people's efforts to
>>> develop less polluting transport.
>
>> Thats because he doesn't want it.  He just wants no cars.
>
> Actually, I want fewer cars and little or no greenwash. Instead of
> cars making up 80%% of road vehicles and pretending to be 'green' it
> would be a big improvement if they were reduced to less than 50%% and
> carried a large health warning on their bodywork.

Filling the roads with more HGVs might not be the paradise you think
it is.
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Re: Motor industry displays its eco credentials?         


Author: Conor
Date: Jul 24, 2008 03:11

In article 4611be24343f@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, Doug says...
> Actually, I want fewer cars and little or no greenwash. Instead of
> cars making up 80%% of road vehicles and pretending to be 'green' it
> would be a big improvement if they were reduced to less than 50%% and
> carried a large health warning on their bodywork.
>
I wish the eco-mentalists would stop spouting their hypocritical
greenwash.

We have cunts like you banging on about how you use energy saving
lightbulbs whilst then going on to cancel out the benefits one
hundredfold by buying imported food.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
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