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"Too much law make people mad." "Hawai'i"

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Saving the World

After a long night of whoring and Yahtzee, I have the urge to upset someone, specifically the people who enjoy watching automobiles being driven in circles to the left in the hope that explosions and/or death will ensue.

To them I say, ban motor sports. Why, you ask? Because there may be two other things important to the rest of us:

1. Fossil fuels are alleged to be a finite resource. Why are we depleting them on mindless recreation?

2. Automobile exhaust is alleged to be one of, if not
the major cause of global warming. How can we risk
extinction for our own foolish pleasure?

If one or both of the above has any credence, how can anyone continue to engage in these "sports?"

Auto racing was created in the early 1900's by car manufacturers to demonstrate the viability and endurance of their products. We have long since accepted that motor vehicles are dependable and useful. There's nothing else left to prove, unless it's related to machismo or the death wish. Let's move on.

1 Comments:

At 7:33 PM, Blogger Kurt said...

I am in complete agreement, and it frightens me.

Even worse are leaf blowers, which blow crap everywhere and don't appear to work any more efficiently than the rake of yore. Those little two-stroke engines really pump out the pollution - hundreds of times more than a modern car.

 

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