From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 17:14:20 MST
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
> ### No, you got it backwards - it is the punishment of polluters that
> reduces pollution and saves lives. Punishing gas users is almost irrelevant
> in this context - a 50 mpg car without catalytic exhaust harms more people
> than a 15 mpg car with it, both by increased pollution and decreased safety.
> By confusing the issue of gas use with the issue of pollution you are doing
> a disservice to both of them.
>
> Data on survival in crashes shows that solidly-built cars do reduce
> mortality rates. Rafal
Oops I wrote a nearly identical comment a few minutes
ago, before I read this. My comments are redundant.
Regarding bigger cars saving lives in crashes, I would
certainly take the word of Rafal, who if I recall is
a doctor, and so would be in a position to see first
hand the results of car crashes.
Furthermore, big cars are more expensive up front
and more costly to operate, so if people are motivated
to drive them, they will work harder and longer at
their jobs, which benefits everyone in the long
run. Society benefits from their increased labors
and the worker has increased motive to be all that
she can be. spike
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