In the past we Americans took pride in the kind of initiatives you’re advocating. When did the kind of negativity and whining we hear from conservatives on this issue become patriotic, let alone acceptable?

China will probably have instituted their proposed ban before that time. Meanwhile they’re rapidly ramping up electric vehicle production. So they will be able to seize control of the expanding market ignored by those too stupid and gullible to prepare for the inevitable.

Do you mean pesky practical problems like major metropolitan areas under water or millions of acres of America in flames?

Might I suggest to you that some part of the solution to problem #1 will be found in solving problem #2?

I remember sitting on Mt. Soledad in ‘78 watching a hot air balloon launch down below. It completely disappeared from view while it was still the size of a dime at arm’s length. We have made real proven progress in cleaning our air.

Yeah, this is only a small step towards reducing co2 and probably just pissing into wind in comparison to the chemical plants that exploded and burned after Harvey. If a multi billion dollar catastrophe doesn’t cause you to pull your head out of your ass no edumucated, commie intellectual, social engineering is gonna…

Our roads, on the other, hand reached rubble status years ago.

That’s a delightful myth but in the real world you seldom see that occur . Consider for instance, fuel injection and solid state ignition were available from the 1940s and 1920s respectively but we’re only made commonly available to consumers as a result of regulation. Now we have 800 hp plus monsters on the showroom…

No, guns are for people you intend to kill.

I prefer to take the most positive approach. This will lead to a greater spectrum of choice for the enthusiast. Aftermarket support ,for maintaining older vehicles longer, will naturally burgeon. Plus, a great new selection of exciting new designs will compete for the new buyers.

And notify a theif who is willing to use force that you also have a nice handgun available for the taking? If he has one of his own he may not follow protocol and “ show you his”. If he doesn’t have one I’m sure he would be thrilled to acquire yours to go with his new car.

The only way that’s going to work is if on being rear ended you step out and empty the clip into the offender’s windshield...

No. I suspect the laughter is sweeter down at Brabus. They got his $.7 million.

At any (or no) price I’m left to wonder which would be more dispiriting, driving this mediocre tribute to a mediocre movie or sitting next to it in the hot sun all day peddling popsicles.

2006 VRSCR loves devouring mountain roads. Yesterday The Wasatch Range, before that the Sawtooth. Tomorrow back to the Cascades then The Sierra Nevada. It doesn’t handle as well as my old Buell S3T but the Porsche designed engine pulls strong all the way to it’s 9,500rpm rev. limiter. No one seems to know about this…

Sorry to take so long to answer your clever quip but I’m in the middle of a 3500 mile tour on my Hardly Ableson® and after four 350 mile days I had to check my oil and coolant level, still good.

I’m absolutely absolutely in favor of a comprehensive analysis of environmental impact but with millions of acres in flames across the west and a stream of devastating hurricanes battering the south and east a narrow focus on co2 pollution may be warranted.

I think you’ve overlooked how long it’d take this ol’ Jeep to cover 687.5 miles.

While I absolutely always wear a helmet even where they are not the law, and most likely support a law requiring them, some of some of those statistics are absolutely silly.

I’ve often worn a helmet driving my Porsche in competition. I wear a hardhat for crane operations, a fall harness for high elevation work, a respirator for painting, a #12 gold lense for welding and Because I’m not stupid or (very) suicidal a helmet when I ride ( faster than you).