Diesel Brothers

ShinerBock wrote:

time2roll wrote:
So the Diesel Brothers are doing something illegal and Elon is not.
Are you insane?

As I said before, you don't break any laws if you have enough money and power to change them to fit your needs. Why is it that blowing millions of tons of emissions in the air with kerosene rockets(even though cleaner but costlier technology is available) is legal, but having a deleted diesel that only emits less than .8 g/bhp-hr more in NOx and 1.8 g/bhp-hr in PM is? Because people like Elon have the money to change the rules so that they can make more money and do as they please while us common folk don't.

This is like Apples overseas tax havens that keep billions of dollars earned in the US from going to pay US taxes. They have enough money to lobby for tax loopholes or make the fines so small that it is insignificant the amount earned doing the crime while small business don't.

There Maybe some truth to that. But it's bigger than emissions.
In America you get as much justice or political clout as you can afford.
Commit a crime. Any crime from jay walking to disabling emission equipment, to armed robbery. If you can afford a high powered expensive legal team you will find/receive more justice than if you
are being represented by the public defender.
If you're OJ you can beat a murder charge, if you the average guy you can't even beat a speeding ticket in rural Va.(I know 1st hand)
My point is there are rules and regulation for diesel emissions that are beneficial to the population at large and have been successful in clearing the air. Compare Beijing to LA and you can see the difference. Compare LA now to LA 30 years ago and you can see the difference. I'm not saying I love diesel emissions rules but from a layman's perspective they appear to be working.
None of this has anything to do with launching rockets, which has it own set of regulations. This has nothing to do with locomotive engines, jet plane turbines, or ocean going ships.
Trying to put all these pieces together as though we can't regulate pick up trucks if we don't regulate rocket launching is silly.
Furthermore if Diesel bros. had deeper pockets, yes they might receive the Elon Musk treatment. But again so might Shinerbock, Time2roll and Lantley! LOL
But since we don't we better keep are DEF tanks full and in working order.
Of course if we could afford an OJ style legal team we could challenge the emission rules and throw million of $$$ at the EPA to try and prove our point.
At the end of the day 1%'ers like Musk will always play by a different set of rules because they can afford to.
They can afford pricey lawyers and Gulf stream Jets too!
The playing field is not even or level in terms of finance or influence.
Keep in mind you need money to burn/waste to play in this arena. Criss crossing the country in a private jet is only a rational thing to do if you can afford it. Elon can afford it. We can't!
Regular guys who post on RV.net are basically forced to follow (not necessarily like them) the rules as written.1%'ers like Elon can afford to re write the rules and they do. Nothing new or novel there! LOL
If you choose not to follow the rules you will suffer the penalty.
As "Barreta" eloquently said. "Don't due the crime if you can't do the time!" Unless of course you can afford a high powered/priced lawyer.