A genius idea - what do you think....large 4WD's are expensive in every conceivable way, so ..?

Question

... to prepare for the pleasure of owning one, simply drill a hole in the bottom of the petrol tank of a normal car. Presto, instant uneconomical car. Roo bars could be added to the front, so you kill every child that you might run into, like large 4WD's do. Oil is very precious, so why are so many people so eager to burn it all away as quickly as possible?

What do you all think??

Answer 1

As long as we are able to buy all the fuel we wish to buy, because someone is free to extract it or import it, it does not matter how much or little one person uses. Any amount you conserve will just go to reduce the cost for someone else to waste it.

Only by capping the total amount of fuel we produce or import, and reducing the cap level quickly, can we have any effect on burning of fossil fuel.

Even a carbon tax will have no effect until consumers' budgets are severely constrained.

Answer 2

killing childeren and the enviroment at the same time......................sounds like fun

Answer 3

I think you should shut up, why people bang on about 4Wd's is beyond me, have a go at the folk who drive five litre BMW's, or people who tow massive caravans, a diesel 4WD is doing no more harm than the average van, and certainly no more harm than a V8 in a Jag or a Merc, having the option of 4WD does not make a car uneconomical, you can get the same mpg as you get in an estate car with the same size engine, dont you people ever think? or do you just read the tabloids and believe whatever drivel they are printing that day.

Answer 4

I would strongly suggest, that if you are genuinely concerned about burning oil, and saving the environment, you should talk to the morons in local government, especially the one that is Lord Mayor of London.

Nobody likes travelling by car, in the large cities of this country, because the congestion is horrendous, the parking is virtually non existant, and the price of parking,and the congestion charge, is just a licence to print money!

Let's make our  railways, an economical, and efficient means of transport, to and from city to city, and then we can all do our bit to save the environment, and burn less oil, and then we really can"Let the Train Take The Strain"

As for your stupid comments, about 4WD'S, a van causes just as much damage if it strikes a human, so presumably you want all the vans, trucks and buses, and any diesel or petrol fuelled vehicle, off the road, as well, just in case they might strike a child?

Get a Life!

Answer 5

I've heard that people buy those things because TV commercials show them being driven in the great outdoors, but the people who buy them don't take them to the great outdoors; they just ride them to the grocery store and such for one bag of groceries!!!

Answer 6

Hi

For Christs sake stop all this bloody bickering, just look at what the governments done to us as a nation, it's got us that busy fighting among ourselves we're letting them c**p all over us, according to the government we've got to hate Fat People, Thin People, Smokers, Drinkers, Benefit cheats, people who drive 4x4s people who drive big cars, SO WHAT, if we're going to pick on anyone, pick on the government for destroying our country, Oh and It's just a thought, has anyone walked past the houses of Parliament lately, did you notice any politicians outside smoking?.

Ray. West York's. U.K.

Answer 7

a 4x4 is great if you live in a fairly remote area and need access to a back parcel of land,but really for the average urbanite in the drive thru lane for a latte or to drive thru downtown Toronto to get to work why do you need that Dodge Hemi or that huge Hummer,at times I feel these people have more money than brains.Nothing pisses me off more than when they show these 4x4's on TV commercials tearing up a creek bed or forest trail for the fun of it and really how many times are you going to need to drop a piano from 2 stories into a truck or a pallet of cement from the same height.Real people don't need 4x4's there strong work ethic and family values are enough