Comments on: Republican-Majority House Votes Trade War against Europe

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +0000

And it is perhaps a negative that we CAN’T see most greenhouse gases.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:04:00 +0000

It is an awesome pic.

By: Breath on the Wind

Breath on the Wind — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:50:00 +0000

It is nice to know that someone is reading the liinks. Glad you liked it. Pollution like many other things is easier to talk about when you can see it.

By: anderlan

anderlan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0000

Great pic. That is the most amazing rocket assisted take off I’ve ever seen.

By: Breath on the Wind

Breath on the Wind — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000

My understanding is similar but in reverse order. The vehicles would only be allowed to be imported if the emissions, particularly particulates and sulpher, was satisfactory. Refineries effectively blocked the imports by not producing the needed fuel.

Regardless you have touched upon an essential “law” of human nature, not wanting to pay more upfront even though it may mean sometimes substantial savings in the long run. Partly this may be well founded on the understanding that life is full of surprises, but over a large group of people the risk is far less. Therefore this is a good area for some form of incentives to reduce individual risk… Some kind of “EV” insurance/loans/payments that pays if your car does not last long enough for you to realize the long term cost benefits.

By: Frank Hanlan

Frank Hanlan — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:41:00 +0000

It is unfortunate that you chose to put in the following statement. “This is one of the reasons why we don’t have European-style diesel vehicles in the US.” European style diesel vehicles were imported and sold in North America (NA). From my point of view diesel vehicles were not purchased in greater numbers in North America mainly because refiners did not clean up diesel fuel in NA the way European refiners did 30 to 40 years ago and didn’t remove nearly as much sulphur so the exhaust was smelly. In addition, we in North America don’t seem to understand the value of investing a little more money upfront to obtain lower operating costs and longer utility.