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In ca.politics dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com (Danny Low) said: 
 
 
>Jim Barrett (jimbar@also.hooked.net) wrote: : I'm not referring to the  
>catalytice converter at all. I'm referring to 
>: things like the engine. The engine is made out of metal. This metal is 
>: mined. People die mining this metal. This is a cost that has to do with 
>: making your car go fast. It has nothing to do with the environment. 
> 
>This is a ridiculous argument. Cars do not go at all without an engine,
slow or  
>fast. For that matter I once drove a car that could barely make 25 MPH up
the  
>Grapevine so there lots of cars with engines that do NOT go fast at all.
Your  
>argument has nothing to do with the environment. It makes no sense at all.

> 
 
 
Clearly my arguement does make sense. There are parts of a car that were
added so that the car would be less damaging to the environment. These are
things like the catalytic converter. There are parts of the car which are
added to make the car perform its function of movement. These are things
like the engine. All engines make the car go faster than it would if it had
no engine. This is obvious. The engine has a cost. The cost should include
all of the effects that can be contributed to the making and production of
the engine. The same is true of those things that are added (such as a
catalytic converter) so that the car is less damaging to the environment.
When we talk about costs, we should talk about all of the costs. To say
that environmental protection costs money because it requires the addition
of a catalytic converter (or similar imporovements) is true. However when
you improve the environment you are saving the cost that is inherent in the
destruction of the environment. Since the cost of destroying the
environment is not considered in the production of the car, the savings is
not realized by those who use the car when it is improved. As a consequence
the improvements are looked upon as simply costs. The benefit to my air and
the savings I will have in terms of less health care costs and less loss of
productivity are not incorporated into the cost of a car. They should be.
It makes no sense that someone else should drive a car and I should have to
pay some of the consequences. If I or you drive a car I or you should have
to pay for all of the consequences.