Originally Posted by
Zapata
The preservation of individual freedom is just as important, if not, more important to me as/than it is to you. Do you lament laws prohibiting the dumping of used oil into the street drains? You don't have a monopoly on the term; "individual freedoms" as there are two sides to that coin. What about my individual freedom to breathe clean air or drink clean water? Or, my individual freedom contribute now to the mitigation of carbon emissions as opposed to later when it's too late?
Well, I'm not sure where you live exactly... Ever since I can remember, where I've lived we've had laws against dumping oil into sewers, letting anti-freeze dump into the street, etc.
All of the cars I've driven have had an emissions sticker and were legally allowed to drive on public and private property. Legally, I'm allowed to find my old '72 Nova 406 cid, buy it, and just for nostalgia sake burn the rear tires down to the cords in my driveway. Just as you're allowed to do a takeoff in your jet at DFW or wherever you fly out of. I assume you do operate an aircraft for a living? You know, one 'o them carbin' emitters?