| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trick. No treat. VW scandal. | |
| Posted by: | David Cuss | |
| Date/Time: | 02/11/15 00:25:00 |
| Hi Rima, I didn't read the actual petition (unfortunately this Forum does not support click-thrus on iPads, and life is too short to rekey the entire url into a browser). Therefore I based my comments on what you wrote in your posts, which referred to Climate Change. In addition, as I stated in the first post, VW has already announced a massive shift of R&D funding to electric, so I don't see the need for this petition. I am not against electric, and possibly it is the future, though there are other clean techs like hydrogen being developed. Even diesel can still be made a lot cleaner, and would have been by now if the regulators had set the right targets and enforced them. I do object though to the demonisation of VW, and diesel in general, when millions of us have bought these cars on the understanding, promoted by our government, that they are the best for the environment. You are right, batteries are too toxic for landfill, so will need even more draconian disposal measures. |