Paul - xxx (
[email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :
>>> I was trying more to follow the logic of a 2cv "belching out more
>>> **** than a fleet of Landys"...
>>>
>>> Yet to see any Landy manage 40mpg...
>> The point is it does'nt matter how much you do to the gallon it is the
>> harmful crap you spew out and Most Landy are far more environmentally
>> cleaner than a 2CV
> Sheeit, isn't this _JUST_ what the feckin' tree huggers want ?
>
> 4x4 owners arguing amongst themselves rather than realising we're _ALL_
> tarred with the same brush anyway, whatever marque we drive.
The point I'm trying to make is that claims as self-evidently wrong as
those "scorpio" is making are not going to help us in any way, either.
Quite the opposite, in fact.
Bigger heavier vehicles - be they 2wd or 4wd DO pollute more than smaller
lighter ones. At the most basic, it's very simple to demonstrate. Push a
small light car 100yds, then push a Landy 100yds. Which makes you more
knackered?
4wd vehicles DO pollute more than 2wd ones - there's more weight, there's
more transmission losses. Why else would there be selectable 4wd and free-
wheel hubs?
Diesels don't pollute less than petrols. They pollute differently.
Those are all unarguable.
Similarly unarguable is that there ARE a lot of utterly pointless 4x4s in
urban areas and that they DO cause a big problem, and that there ARE a lot
of utter irresponsible and illegal ****s on trailbikes and 4x4s causing
damage to greenlanes and the image of greenlaning.
As a recreational activity, we'd be best putting our hands up and agreeing
with the ramblers - to a point.
Arguing the unarguable, defending the indefensible, is what's harming us
most.
