here we get a statement that a "know it all" makes claims but can only back it up with cherry picked singular data essentially leaving out specific details and facts mentioned by some of us in this forum. I could digest some info from him if he wasn't supplanting valid data and personal experience/knowledge with an agenda driven narrative.
At least he charges in with a relative civil tone, but it seems he is using a clean air moral high ground to push some guilt onto rural people who need to weigh in daily on how to make ends meet and provide for the welfare of their families. Is it Ok that we don't buy the rhetoric in telling us that we have to comply under the guise of the co2 hoax. We all want clean air and water but at what cost????? Rural people need choices, competition for resources and they are willing to work hard and sacrifice to "get it done" They rely on themselves and not an ever-controlling government dictating what they can do on their land and what equipment they can use to maintain it.
I have owned a 1970 Pontiac GTO, a 1973 GMC van, a 1976 chevy 3/4 ton camper special, a 83 Mazda mini-van, a 96 chevy 1 ton dually 454 ....all heavier than any replacement vehicle that might take it's place today. So you can always erase history and "supplant" to falsely support a claim. This guy also claims that today's "suburban" pickups are better at towing and payload capacity than the trucks they pretend to replace....or should I say eliminated,
I have a 1999 Ford f350 7.3 liter diesel (crew cab dually 8 foot box) 4x4 with leafs in front. Essentially this is a truck. It can pull a loaded 4 horse trailer, 10 ft camper loaded (water tank full) up a 30 deg grade......It's my driveway and when I get to the top I can see quite clearly because the air is nice and clean.
side notes; I burn non-ethanol fuel in all my maintenance equipment, chain saws, mowers, tillers, etc. The first reason is obvious.... i expect them to last. The second reason is fuel economy. So I pay more for the fuel but i do get a return. I just thought I'd mention this because California has it's own pollution standards that puts a big, essentially punishing tax and subsequent price tag on combustion engines and fuel. A carbon tax that gets you twice first when you pay more the carb-compliant equipment and then for the fuel to run it. Of course this dose not hurt the elites, and political figureheads that are all to happy to make you pay for what they can easily absorb financially and in the case of the public officials use taxpayers money.