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

[Alfaowner (alfaowner]

About 10 years ago the magazine I worked for sent an editor to China to
cover the manufacture of machinery.  It was an unbelievable situation even
then.  Absolutely no concern re. pollution of any kind.  They said that many
people wore surgical masks.  

Last year the "Bodies" exhibit was here in Tampa.  You should see the lungs
on those Chinese bodies - BLACK.

Norm

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:25 PM
To: Alfaowner
Cc: The FerrariList
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in Europe soon


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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