[Big Dave]

Trebuchet posted:
“You're set in your ways…”

Big Dave says:
That hardly qualifies me as the Lone Ranger on this board. I notice a lot of people set in their way of accepting what the EPA puts out at face value.


Trebuchet posted:
“And yes, curse the poor countries for needing extra time to reach the rich country's level of compliance.”

Big Dave says:
Did you just admit that the ban on CFCs were done more to satisfy a redistributionist agenda than a scientific and health-oriented agenda? If there were a real scientific health threat, would one not want “all hands on deck” to combat the problem? As it is the US will wind up taking a 40 year hit before enough reduction in emission is mandated (assuming any meaningful compliance in the favored “developing nations”) to maybe do something about reducing the ozone hole.


Roflwaffle posted:
“The risks of diesel exhaust are based on epidemiological studies…”

Big Dave says:
Yeah. Epidemiological studies sponsored by the EPA or other organizations with a bias toward more regulation. Research is highly sensitive to the golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules. Do a study that undermines the EPA and you never get another grant from them.


Frank Lee posted:
“...and we all know how much big dave loves human lives!”

Big Dave says:

Real identifiable or measureable ones I do. Imaginary and unquantifiable ones – I don’t give a rip.


Lost Cause posted:
“If diesel emissions aren't a health risk, would you mind taking a big whiff of your exhaust? Take a couple big whiffs every hour of every day for the next 5 years and we'll see if there are any effects. You say no cancer. I say cancer. It'll be fun, we can see whose right!”

Big Dave posted:
No problem. I have been exposed to more diesel smoke than you can imagine ever since 1969. My professional life has had me around locomotives, diesel trucks, emergency generators, ships and boats, and mining equipment for at least 4 hours a day since Nixon was still popular. No cancer after 39 years. How do you like your crow cooked?