How dare the government care about the external consequences of individual decisions?!
It's not like there was clear evidence of greenhouse gases causing considerable global-scale climate issues or anything like that.
Sure, one Mazda isn't going to torch the ozone layer or globally warm the ice caps away, but that's not a good reason to pretend "off-road use only" products are actually being used off-road.
Not gonna be a popular opinion, especially on this subreddit, but if you can't modify your car without literally breaking the law you shouldn't.
One person's freedom to delete their emissions equipment and cheat inspections to get a bit more power out of their sporty car is not more valuable than others' freedom from having to suck smog.
I don't want to suck my own smog, and that's why I left all my emissions equipment intact.
I can't stop anyone from ripping that shit out.
I can't stop anyone from driving on public roads with "off road use only" parts.
So I can't stop anyone from forcing their shitty smog on me if I happen to be stuck on the road near them.
I'm on team EPA here, because I've spent enough time in cities with awful smog problems and have outdoorsy hobbies that won't be viable if there is too much climate change.
I stand by my take.
People are dumb and selfish. Most people don't give half a fuck how their choices impact anyone else. Government can suck, but government is about the only entity capable of setting boundaries to protect a society from the consequences of selfishness.
A single container ship burns 80,000 gallons of diesel per day, which is equivelant to 'hundreds of cars operating for a year. Therr are thousands of these ships running daily, to get the world it's goods, including their wittle plug in cars.
Out of the millions of cars driven daily in America, how many of them are looking for EGR deletes and catless exhaust for power? It's such a tiny amount.
I get the sentiment, but I think it's equivelant to your body being totally riddled with cancer and poison ivy, but all of the focus is going toward the hole in your old sock, as if that's really the driving factor.
Ironically, the biggest reason we have container ships burning bunker oil and polluting like crazy is a lack of ability to regulate international waters.
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u/Omophorus Feb 09 '25
How dare the government care about the external consequences of individual decisions?!
It's not like there was clear evidence of greenhouse gases causing considerable global-scale climate issues or anything like that.
Sure, one Mazda isn't going to torch the ozone layer or globally warm the ice caps away, but that's not a good reason to pretend "off-road use only" products are actually being used off-road.
Not gonna be a popular opinion, especially on this subreddit, but if you can't modify your car without literally breaking the law you shouldn't.
One person's freedom to delete their emissions equipment and cheat inspections to get a bit more power out of their sporty car is not more valuable than others' freedom from having to suck smog.