not big on the future of diesel cars in the U.S.
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So looks like US dont like diesel cars.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/12/video-i...ls-future-in-t/
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='447057' date='Jul 12 2007, 11:15 PM
So looks like US dont like diesel cars.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/12/video-i...ls-future-in-t/
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Its some what true, diesels just have a bad rap here from the past. Plus diesel fuel price is the same if not more than regular gas. Not really a reason to change over. Only people in the U.S. that use diesels are the huge diesel pick-up trucks made to have lots of torque to tow sh*t.
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Originally Posted by fjwagner' post='447087' date='Jul 13 2007, 02:36 PM
You are making a generalization out of the story by saying that the US does not like diesels. Bob Lutz (one person) is not high on diesels which is his opinion at GM. Of course he will say that as I am not aware that GM has a decent diesel to market.
you do know why, dont you.
It just like HK, it all about money in the end not about the Globly warming
if every 1 drive a diesel car then the goverment and the fuel station will loss alot of money.
for us we get more MPG for the money which is good
In HK the petro tax is more than the petro goods :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='447106' date='Jul 13 2007, 02:46 AM
then I say US car maker dont like diesel car.
you do know why, dont you.
It just like HK, it all about money in the end not about the Globly warming
if every 1 drive a diesel car then the goverment and the fuel station will loss alot of money.
for us we get more MPG for the money which is good
In HK the petro tax is more than the petro goods :thumbsdown:
you do know why, dont you.
It just like HK, it all about money in the end not about the Globly warming
if every 1 drive a diesel car then the goverment and the fuel station will loss alot of money.
for us we get more MPG for the money which is good
In HK the petro tax is more than the petro goods :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by fjwagner' post='447511' date='Jul 13 2007, 08:22 PM
I for one am not a believer in global warming but probably dangerous to start that thread here.
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One fact in Gore's film that people should Google. The cause-and-effect relationship of CO2 and temperatures. Obviously, temperatures go up throughout history. The scientific literature is fairly clear, fairly uniform. Temperatures go up; then, CO2 concentrations go up. CO2 does not drive temperature.
I can't believe this guy won awards from this documentary, a freakin oscar. Well I guess I can, since the liberal left wing media had something to do with it.
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='447611' date='Jul 14 2007, 06:43 PM
How can you not believe in global warming? I mean how ignorant can one be?!
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='447669' date='Jul 14 2007, 11:41 AM
maybe he dose not have kids.
... and what does that have to do with anything?
The global warming scare is just a big business. My biggest issue is that the contrarians are not "allowed" to speak out. The world wide temperatures have always changed and will continue to change. ie ice ages followed by warming trends over and over again; and this has happened even before industrialization. Imagine that!
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Originally Posted by fjwagner' post='447745' date='Jul 14 2007, 11:20 PM
... and what does that have to do with anything?
The global warming scare is just a big business. My biggest issue is that the contrarians are not "allowed" to speak out. The world wide temperatures have always changed and will continue to change. ie ice ages followed by warming trends over and over again; and this has happened even before industrialization. Imagine that!
The global warming scare is just a big business. My biggest issue is that the contrarians are not "allowed" to speak out. The world wide temperatures have always changed and will continue to change. ie ice ages followed by warming trends over and over again; and this has happened even before industrialization. Imagine that!
Yes but you forget the exponential factor that changes the weather. Think out of the box for a second:
Here are some data for all of you "non believers"
Here is the projected growing factor of global temperatures resulted by the greenhouse effect, effect resulted primarily by the growing gas emissions (CO2, methane, and so on...)
And here are some data for you to sleep on it:
Without the greenhouse effect the average temperatures on Earth would be around -18 degrees Celsius. Because of the greenhouse effect the average temperatures in our days reach the value of +15 degrees Celsius, greenhouse having a contribution of 33 degrees.
Otherwise the weather is fine...no biggie
PS: I don't have children either, but that doesn't make me ignorant.