As to the OPs question, fuel economy would go down overall if everyone drove manuals. I consider my dad above average in operating a manual, but even he revs higher, and holds gears longer than efficiency would dictate.
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It would be valid to argue that another (existing) life form on Earth could hypothetically become as prolific as us - at the expense of the planet's ecology - but it wouldn't be burdened with a conscience and therefore would simply consume and adapt until the literal limits of the ecosystem reigned it in. At no point would it feel like a douche. When seen in that context, it's a little douchey of the universe to expect me to individually take any responsibility at all, when a wildly successful species of fungus could just eat up the whole planet without even the slightest pang of guilt.
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Quite well said. I'm always amazed at how much effort people are willing to to expend trying to force a change in others behavior, and at how little effort is given to changing their own.
Fact: Not a single thing is "sustainable". Given that change is inevitable, the best human effort can achieve is to alter the duration of whatever it is we wish to sustain. Even a person living the most meager of existences in a mud hut will kill trillions of organisms and consume enormous resources in a lifetime. Are they too, "douche bags"?
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How many hypermilers have ecomodded their babymaker?   |
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Not modded... but adjusted the nut behind the wheel?!?  |
I LOLed.
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I believe this is what churches teach- do whatever the heck you want; as long as you believe and repent it'll be OK in the end?   |
Which church have you been attending Frank? I've yet to see a doctrine of "do whatever the heck you want" preached by any religion or government. Generally speaking, the whole aim of religion and government is to define what actions are permissible. Perhaps you were thinking of the atheist philosopher Nietzsche, who said you should strive to become who you are. In other words, do what you want and don't feel bad about it.
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That's a pretty cool "out" though- I think I will adopt it and apply it to whatever I find convenient, such as: Hmmm, I think that x person is too dumb to live and I will remove him from the living. Why not? It's OK in the animal kingdom!
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So which is it; we are governed by the same laws that the animal kingdom are bound to, or we are held to some sort of moral code?