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I can't wait to see a full emissions audit of all on-road diesel vehicles sold in the US. I wonder how the EU is going to approach this. So sad... I really wanted to see some small diesel pickups. No one's figured out how to pass NOx without urea injection I guess. |
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I'd say this is the bright side to this mother of all corporate scheme. VW f*cked up, now the entire auto-makers industry are on their toes lol.
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http://www.wired.com/2015/09/vw-owne...fixes-diesels/
Article mentions possible fixes. Either some expensive parts or an ecu reflash. The ecu reflash would make the mpg/power go down and then you have the Hyundai/Kia mpg class action lawsuit that happened a few years back. |
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Forget discount on a new TDI! People sue Toyota for sticky pedals and GM for faulty ignition. I want a couple million in compensation for having to breath the extra CO. lol
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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcKuMjvcCk"]Madmen Family Picnic - YouTube[/ame] Back in the 50-70's almost nobody thought about the trash we leave behind, what was pouring from factories, and out of our cars. There was a slow cultural shift hat helped move the public's opinion towards responsibility for our environment. Remember Iron Eyes Cody, Woodsy the Owl (Give a hoot don't pollute), etc? People fought cleaning up. Still we changed for the better. This debacle with VW shows me that even though we've come a long way from when it was culturally ok to not just litter but destroy our own environment. It reminds me that corporations absolutely do need rules to help keep them in check. On another note, I was going to comment on @why? 's ridiculous Judeo-Christian values rant with this that happened today. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjb8iMAfgM"]Pope Francis: Climate change is a problem - YouTube[/ame] So question to @why? is, when scientific leaders don't support your beliefs, you refer to religion and values. When the religion and values leaders doesn't support your beliefs then who's expertise do you refer to? Have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe you might be wrong? Oh btw. VW boned themselves good here. The first shoe has fallen. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVz_h4bjvNE"]Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn Resigns Amid Emissions Scandal - YouTube[/ame] Last edited by DAEMANO; 09-23-2015 at 10:54 PM. |
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@WolfpackS2k said "There's literally no other option."
I disagree. I remember reading a theory or maybe it is fact that runs something like this: In the wild when conditions are favourable the animal population will increase. That is, when there's been good rain that spring the grass grows more so there will be more rabbits which supports the increase in fox population. The trees grow more so there are more insects which gives the birds more food to increase their population. More food means more growth. If conditions are not good then there will a contraction in supply which limits or decreases the population. Now consider the world's human population. Instead of considering only food also consider energy because it takes energy to make the food. If climate change is real ( I mean real in a modern, on-topic-thread way) and food production starts falling significantly the human population also falls. tl,dr. The only alternative is not nuclear, there is massive population change too.
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Unpimp your ride.
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Similarly, we will need to be prepared for the day when current social welfare and pension systems simply become unsustainable due to the decreasing labour force in the western world... On the other hand, it might be wise to consider buying some VW stock when they eventually pull out of the nosedive. |
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