The state of CA is suing several auto companies, asserting that they are responsible for billions of dollars in damages caused by global warming. While many environmental kooks will applaud this lawsuit, I hope it fails.
First of all, while global temperatures may be up a degree worldwide, the part of it that was caused by humans is up for significant debate. Some claim it is possibly .01 degrees, some say most of the whole degree. At any rate, tens of thousands of years ago we were in an ice age, this is simply the other end of that curve. When dinosaurs ruled the earth and our ancestors were some type of rodent, temperatures were probably different from what they are today.
Secondly, if this lawsuit succeeds it could open the door to suing just about every manufacturing company, sending even more companies out of the US to build products and do their work in more business friendly countries.
Thirdly, CA is naming Toyota and Honda on the lawsuit. No other manufacturers make and sell as many low polluting hybrid vehicles as these guys. Taking away their profits just gives them less incentive to spend money researching cleaner and greener technologies.
Shame on you California.
2 comments:
They're suing Toyota and Honda? Geez, let's sue the car companies that have the smallest cars, i.e. the Toyota Echo. Sue Ford - their trucks are HUGE. When your vehicle shadows my ENTIRE Corolla from the sun, there's a problem.
California sux! It always has. That is the most ridiculous lawsuit I have heard of in a while. It shouldn't even go to court. I hope Toyota & Honda don't manufacture and sell card in CA anymore.
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