Today the Environment just got another big victory over human life as the Obama administration has forced cars to get 42 mpg by 2016. Read this link to learn more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30810514/wid=18298287
What most of us do not understand is that cost must be accounted for in any decision we make in life no matter how small a decision. The cost: To get cars that kind of gas mileage will cost businesses money to invest into technology that people do not want. This means less money spent on making cars that people want which means less cars being made and fewer jobs open to people in the car making business. Further, the cost of each car will go up as more money is needed to invest into research for this huge hike in gas mileage. Fewer people can afford a car and thus more jobs loss as demand for cars lessens now with the hike in price.
So Jess... what about lives being lost? What is the easiest way to make a car get better gas mileage? Its simple... make the car weigh less. Use more lighter materials and not the strong metals that make a car more sturdy and thus safer. More plastic that will crush more easily and lead to more deaths on the highway when accidents happen. It is a sad truth that in order for us to stop global warming in which many scientist doubt, and even more scientist who believe in global warming but believe the effects of it are far less harmful than what many environmentalist want us to believe, lives have to be ruined and worse- lost.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Inside story of Outside the Lines
I like the ESPN show "Outside The Lines". This past week they ran a good special on the Preakness (second biggest horse race of the year), held at PIMLICO track in Maryland. There was a part of this story though that bothered me that no one talks about. Remember when it was embarrassing for young girls and boys to talk about sex. Well it has so been justified that you are made fun of if you don't openly discuss it in eighth grade. Well the same is true for the size of government. Today when Outside the Lines does a special story about government takeover of private property no one blinks an eye.
PIMLICO is a privately owned race track that is not making money unless it is hosting that one race a year- The Preakness. The track is believed to be too big and out of date. There are now potential buyers of this track who want to buy it but use it for something else. Maybe something that makes money and provides a desired service to the area. However, the state of Maryland would not allow this to happen because of tradition. Somehow the memory of the Baltimore Colts leaving Maryland had an impact on the decision. So government should now have the right to take property because of tradition even if it is an out of business tradition? Traditionally Milk men brought milk to our houses. Should government not allow grocery stores to sell milk because of that tradition? Our founding fathers played the wonderful sport of Cricket. Should we not allow new sports like Baseball, football, and basketball to come about because people might find them more interesting than cricket?
Look it sounds small to most of you. Many of you might even agree with the decision. But if thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people are not desiring to go watch horse racing at the track that hosts the Preakness, why should they be forced to pay for it simply because once a year that one race gets a lot of attention that the local government likes. It is sad that our government can do things that only communist and socialist governments did in the past while claiming that our economy is still built around capitalism. I'm tired of government ruling our lives I wish there were many millions of others that felt the same way.
PIMLICO is a privately owned race track that is not making money unless it is hosting that one race a year- The Preakness. The track is believed to be too big and out of date. There are now potential buyers of this track who want to buy it but use it for something else. Maybe something that makes money and provides a desired service to the area. However, the state of Maryland would not allow this to happen because of tradition. Somehow the memory of the Baltimore Colts leaving Maryland had an impact on the decision. So government should now have the right to take property because of tradition even if it is an out of business tradition? Traditionally Milk men brought milk to our houses. Should government not allow grocery stores to sell milk because of that tradition? Our founding fathers played the wonderful sport of Cricket. Should we not allow new sports like Baseball, football, and basketball to come about because people might find them more interesting than cricket?
Look it sounds small to most of you. Many of you might even agree with the decision. But if thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people are not desiring to go watch horse racing at the track that hosts the Preakness, why should they be forced to pay for it simply because once a year that one race gets a lot of attention that the local government likes. It is sad that our government can do things that only communist and socialist governments did in the past while claiming that our economy is still built around capitalism. I'm tired of government ruling our lives I wish there were many millions of others that felt the same way.
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