Well said.  I, for one, am opposed to "tagging" in any manner.  Free
speech is one thing, vandalism is another.  Yes we should encourage
conservation of our precious resources and no, we don't need to encourage
the defacing of private property.  One person's conspicious
consumption may well be another's livelyhood.  Wanna make a difference?
Commit random acts of kindness.

Dan Nims
86 GL
Eugene, Oregon

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:00:23 -0700, gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET wrote:

>  >      Want to do something about those 8mpg behemoths?  Here's an
>  >interesting approach
>  >
>
>  Fuel consumption is one factor, total emissions output is something else
to
>  consider.  I hope nobody is driving a vanagon because they think it is an
>  "environmentally friendly" vehicle.  By today's standards (OBD II),
>  digifant/digijet is very dirty.  Modern vehicles pollute much less than
>  vehicles of 15 years ago.  The vanagon is probably no worse than any
other
>  similar vehicle of its day, but new vehicles have much more tightly
>  controlled fuel and ignition systems.  I think the new Chev Malibu has 4
or
>  5 oxygen sensors.
>
>  So - maybe some very large SUVs use more fuel per mile,  the vanagon puts
>  out more grams of certain pollutants per mile driven.
>  Someone correct me if I'm wrong here ..........
>
>  Gary Lee

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