Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari's & Porsches to be banned in Europe soon

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

My friend - (no names in case of reprisal) just got home from driving the 
Peking to Paris rally.  He was telling me today that if the US got down to 
zero emissions - we wouldn't make a bit of difference compared to what China 
is putting into the air everyday.  There were days when he couldn't see the 
building across the street.  Now THATs smog.

We have/had some Listers that live in China - if any are allowed to read 
this - any comment?  If you can?

DOUG
PS - It was also interesting traveling through Russia - note - take a lot of 
folding money to avoid arrests for, uh, looking cross-eyed, spiting on 
sidewalks, just being there - - -





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alfaowner" <alfaowner [at] sprynet.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Ferrari's & Porsches to be banned in Europe soon


> Rick:
>
> Can you be serious?  "I think it is blatantly obvious that a few exotic
> sports cars create more pollution than do tens-of-millions of Hondas,
> Toyotas and Renaults!  They are also much more guilty than are power 
> plants
> and factories."  No, you can't be.
>
> Let's see - a few cars that are only driven a few hundred or at most a few
> thousand miles/kilometers a year versus "tens-of-millions" of little
> struggling cars that are driven an average  (in the US) of 12,000 miles a
> year.  If all cars have to meet emissions regs of their respective
> countries, you are still talking about an equation that is so far out of
> balance it's ridiculous.
>
> In the first 3 months of 2007 Ferrari sold 396 cars in the US, Aston 438,
> Maserati 526, Lamborghini 246, Porsche 5,588.  That's a total of 7,194.
> That compares with 194,550 Hondas & total US car sales of 1,861,459.  So,
> the "pollution-creating" exotics (Is Porsche really an exotic?) that
> comprise 39/100ths of one percent of US sales are going to create more
> pollution than will "...tens-of-millions of Hondas, Toyotas and Renaults! 
> "
> Please Rick or someone give us a scenario in which it might be even 
> remotely
> possible.
>
> AS for the power plants & factories...
>
> And, BTW, if anyone doesn't believe that we are experiencing global 
> warming,
> ignore the possibility & just think about the exponential increase in skin
> cancers in recent years.  Could it be caused by the depleting ozone layer 
> or
> just too many exotics on the road?
>
> Norm Sippel
>
> Ferrari seats in my Alfa Spider
>
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