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ctilsie242
Mar 24, 2017Explorer II
What made me realize the recent laws being passed were stupid, were gas cans made in this decade which require at several multiple motions to get them to open... and they wind up dumping half the fuel on the ground. To boot, because there is no vent, the can glugs when pouri9ng. Does that serve to protect the environment? The gasoline winding up in the air or on the ground is far more than what would wind up vented.
Then, there is the DEF/DPF diesel requirements. All this did was turn something that was iron-clad reliable into something with far more delicate parts that can fail, and fail in a way that can leave you stranded.
This isn't stating that pollution controls are useless, but there is a point where they do more harm than good, either by forcing car companies to engineer something slapdash to comply with hastily passed laws, passing both the price and cost to their buyers, or just like the US steel industry, forcing it to shut down entirely and having it only come from overseas.
As for LED lighting, whatever works. I like it over standard halogen bulbs because it uses less power, although on my current vehicle with headlights, I'm sticking with what is OEM or similar because I've had no complaints so far.
Then, there is the DEF/DPF diesel requirements. All this did was turn something that was iron-clad reliable into something with far more delicate parts that can fail, and fail in a way that can leave you stranded.
This isn't stating that pollution controls are useless, but there is a point where they do more harm than good, either by forcing car companies to engineer something slapdash to comply with hastily passed laws, passing both the price and cost to their buyers, or just like the US steel industry, forcing it to shut down entirely and having it only come from overseas.
As for LED lighting, whatever works. I like it over standard halogen bulbs because it uses less power, although on my current vehicle with headlights, I'm sticking with what is OEM or similar because I've had no complaints so far.
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