Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
Allow a little power, and people get power hungry. Allow a lot of power, people apparently become blindingly fucking stupid.
The California Air Research Board has lost its God-damned collective mind. These idiots have been passing totally-unworkable legislation for years, and I'm sure that as has happened numerous times in the past, they'll end up backpedaling on this one, too (you may not remember that CARB required half of all vehicle sales to be electric cars by 1999... then 2004... then 2009...). Apparently these tree-huggers haven't figured out that you can't force technology to happen by mandate.
What, pray tell, has got me ranting? Well, a general love of ranting on my part.
However, this latest bit of stupidity is what got me going. Of course, those assholes have no idea about the current waterborne/solvent-based paint transition/debacle that's happening at this point in the auto refinish industry even though they likely caused it. Now they want to throw additional restrictions on a still-infant technology?
Global warming, they tell me, is real. The reason I believe those whom I do is because they also tell me that the Earth has been coming out of an ice age for, oh, 10,000 or so years and that it's largely cyclical so there's not a hell of a lot we can do about it. The Earth purges herself. Back in the early-mid '90s, the EPA--that's right--did a study that showed that mankind was responsible for approximately 0.4% of the "pollution" on this planet, which included our contribution from exhaling carbon dioxide. You may remember this as the infamous "cow fart" study, since methane emissions due to flatulence from livestock was hurting the earth more than cars. So, I guess the real solution is for all of us to become vegans... better chow down on those Whoppers while it's still legal.
If they really want to cut down on CO2, why not a federal law requiring x number of trees in your yard and houseplants per room? If you remember high-school biology, plants need CO2, and give off pure oxygen (O2). Plants even cut down on carbon monoxide (CO), since they're not particularly fussy.
The environmentalists need to get over cars. We've regulated them to the point that if you tried to commit suicide with exhaust fumes in a garage with your '07 CR-V, it would take so long you'd probably die of frustration first. You can damned-near breath straight exhaust fumes these days, and anyone that's been around this scene for a decade or so can tell you that--your race car will have you lightheaded in short order, but your wife's minivan can run for quite a while, and by the time you think about the fact that you're in a closed garage with a running vehicle, you aren't in the least bit out of sorts.
Don't think for a second your new President/Antichrist (he ain't mine--I didn't hire him because he failed the interview) won't try to outlaw your car eventually... and this is just more bullshit to which he can point and say, "See?!" If you don't think it's coming you're naive.
The ultimate irony of the whole thing, of course, is that the US, as a nation, comprises less than .045% of the world's population (US population = 303 million, Earth = 6.77 billion--do the math)... and the liberals would have you believe we can solve this "problem" ourselves by outlawing black cars, properly inflating our tires, and mandating that we use brake cleaner that is 15% lower in VOCs but works so poorly that you have to use 100% more of it to get your rotors clean.
If you're a greenie reading this and getting riled at me, realize your earthy compost pile does more environmental damage yearly than any board member's street or race car. Small ones produce methane; big ones (like the one we had at the golf course) do a slow smoulder and positively belch CO2... one couldn't get within 10 feet of that thing without getting lightheaded or sick.
Environmentalists piss me off.
The California Air Research Board has lost its God-damned collective mind. These idiots have been passing totally-unworkable legislation for years, and I'm sure that as has happened numerous times in the past, they'll end up backpedaling on this one, too (you may not remember that CARB required half of all vehicle sales to be electric cars by 1999... then 2004... then 2009...). Apparently these tree-huggers haven't figured out that you can't force technology to happen by mandate.
What, pray tell, has got me ranting? Well, a general love of ranting on my part.
However, this latest bit of stupidity is what got me going. Of course, those assholes have no idea about the current waterborne/solvent-based paint transition/debacle that's happening at this point in the auto refinish industry even though they likely caused it. Now they want to throw additional restrictions on a still-infant technology?Global warming, they tell me, is real. The reason I believe those whom I do is because they also tell me that the Earth has been coming out of an ice age for, oh, 10,000 or so years and that it's largely cyclical so there's not a hell of a lot we can do about it. The Earth purges herself. Back in the early-mid '90s, the EPA--that's right--did a study that showed that mankind was responsible for approximately 0.4% of the "pollution" on this planet, which included our contribution from exhaling carbon dioxide. You may remember this as the infamous "cow fart" study, since methane emissions due to flatulence from livestock was hurting the earth more than cars. So, I guess the real solution is for all of us to become vegans... better chow down on those Whoppers while it's still legal.
If they really want to cut down on CO2, why not a federal law requiring x number of trees in your yard and houseplants per room? If you remember high-school biology, plants need CO2, and give off pure oxygen (O2). Plants even cut down on carbon monoxide (CO), since they're not particularly fussy.
The environmentalists need to get over cars. We've regulated them to the point that if you tried to commit suicide with exhaust fumes in a garage with your '07 CR-V, it would take so long you'd probably die of frustration first. You can damned-near breath straight exhaust fumes these days, and anyone that's been around this scene for a decade or so can tell you that--your race car will have you lightheaded in short order, but your wife's minivan can run for quite a while, and by the time you think about the fact that you're in a closed garage with a running vehicle, you aren't in the least bit out of sorts.
Don't think for a second your new President/Antichrist (he ain't mine--I didn't hire him because he failed the interview) won't try to outlaw your car eventually... and this is just more bullshit to which he can point and say, "See?!" If you don't think it's coming you're naive.
The ultimate irony of the whole thing, of course, is that the US, as a nation, comprises less than .045% of the world's population (US population = 303 million, Earth = 6.77 billion--do the math)... and the liberals would have you believe we can solve this "problem" ourselves by outlawing black cars, properly inflating our tires, and mandating that we use brake cleaner that is 15% lower in VOCs but works so poorly that you have to use 100% more of it to get your rotors clean.
If you're a greenie reading this and getting riled at me, realize your earthy compost pile does more environmental damage yearly than any board member's street or race car. Small ones produce methane; big ones (like the one we had at the golf course) do a slow smoulder and positively belch CO2... one couldn't get within 10 feet of that thing without getting lightheaded or sick.
Environmentalists piss me off.
