Your Dad's A Republican And You Need To Borrow His Truck?

[Playinghardball]

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[HangOnKids]

1. Yes!

HangOnKids!

[Skittles]

2. SWEET!

[coalition_unwilling]

3. That is priceless - n/t

[Marrah_G]

4. Awesome!

[NNN0LHI]

5. I had my own car soon as I turned 16

And I was making more money and had better benefits than my father was getting before I graduated high school.

Don

[WriteWrong]

6. And adding another car to global warming was, of course, a good thing...

[NNN0LHI]

7. So driving my daddy's car instead of my own would have prevented global warming?

Is that what you are saying?



Don

[LiberalFighter]

9. Very logical

I'm glad I don't drive 2 vehicles at the same time.

[Electric Monk]

23. Manufacturing each vehicle has its own carbon footprint, as well

The carbon footprint of making a car is immensely complex. Ores have to be dug out of the ground and the metals extracted. These have to be turned into parts. Other components have to be brought together: rubber tyres, plastic dashboards, paint, and so on. All of this involves transporting things around the world. The whole lot then has to be assembled, and every stage in the process requires energy.

(snip)

This is only a guideline figure, of course, as some cars may be more efficiently produced than others of the same price. But it's a reasonable ballpark estimate, and it suggests that cars have much bigger footprints than is traditionally believed. Producing a medium-sized new car costing £24,000 may generate more than 17 tonnes of CO2e – almost as much as three years' worth of gas and electricity in the typical UK home.

more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/sep/23/carbon-footprint-new-car

[thesquanderer]

34. Manufacturing each vehicle also creates jobs.

Everything has multiple sides, but I don't think ending manufacturing is a reasonable solution to environmental problems.

[Kennah]

24. I know a guy who tried that once. Once.

[madokie]

32. Yeah, every time I tried that I always wrecked both of them

I won't ever do that again nosirree

[southernyankeebelle]

10. It is a right of passage. I wish I had a car at 16. I had to wait and buy my own car. I was

already 21 yrs old. Loved it. I wasn't a bumper sticker kind of a person until Obama and I have one now. It was smart to put that sign on the car. Wonder what dad thought.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Paid for my own car too

Did it making minimum wage at Dog N Suds.

Don

[southernyankeebelle]

15. I bet you appreciate that car more too. I know I did. My dad was proud of me.

Of course we went and got a car loan at the time and he co-signed for me. New car and at the time my car payments were like $75.00 a month. I owed $1,500. I paid ahead of time and paid it off. It was one of those VW beatles. I wouldn't trade it for nothing. Those are ideal for young people today. I wish they made cars like that today.

[AverageJoe90]

16. You can thank a Dr. Ferry Porsche and Josef Ganz for that car, btw.

BTW, the Beetle had its origins in the very last months of the Weimar era and if it hadn't been for Ganz's 'Maikafer' the Beetle as we know it might not have been mocked up back in '32. Hell, even Hitler was impressed by the first designs(though production was only commissioned for the military).

[southernyankeebelle]

17. They called it "The Peoples Car". One of the best cars ever made for sure.

[AverageJoe90]

18. For darn sure. nt

[Snotcicles]

31. Look closer at usernames. nt

[DisgustipatedinCA]

13. Is that what you thnk constitutes a liberal-sounding reply?

Good luck with that. Most of us aren't as gullible as all of that. You may find that other hobbies are more fulfilling.

[HangOnKids]

19. Don't be such a downer dude

The poster is trying really hard.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

20. Sorry. You know how we libtards get carried away on occasion

I think on this one's transparency page, it just says, "VERY".

[Zalatix]

27. FYI: The production of computers also adds to global warming.

[lunatica]

29. How do you get around?

And in what ways do you not add a single element to global warming? Please teach us.

[lunasun]

36. walk, bike ride or city bus...I did not have a car until 25

when it was required by my job.
My family did not have any car -if they couldn't walk it was the bus or subway always or a bike

It is not crazy or impossible

I know many people who are over 40 and do not have a car-

in some cities it is a curse not a benefit
I am not commenting on the global warming snark -just the fact that so many think you cant get around without a car

That is why I do not believe high speed rail dollars will be well accepted or become ways of transit for most in this country like it has in many other places of the world. It will be a dud
Most Americans will never leave their car for a train . Not here; maybe when they visit Europe for a lark they would try one but not here.
Mass transit is not in the minds of most even though more and more are in metro areas ( I understand the rural argument)

[lunatica]

38. Even when I take BART I still have to get there

I live in a place where no buses run from where I live to the Bay Area Rapid Transit which is 6 miles away on steep terrain. So I have to drive 12 miles a day to get on it. Biking is out of the question since just about the only way to get from my home to UC Berkeley is via a freeway.

I now carpool, but still that contributes to the global warming climate disaster. I think a good solution would be to convert existing cars to at least use electrical power partly would help the situation. I can't afford to buy any new car, much less a hybrid or electric one. But I don see more and more of them on the freeways.

[independentpiney]

26. well aren't you special

seriously, why would you feel the need to insert that into this thread?

[Greybnk48]

8. Dad must have done something right.

I saw this on FB and commented the same.

[libodem]

11. Most excellent

Love it!

[siligut]

14. Sensitive to the stink eye?

Repugs tend not to notice or care, but this kid was probably aware.

[Beartracks]

21. Use the truck to get folks to the polls. :) n/t

[lunatica]

30. That's a brilliant idea

[zanana1]

22. Thanks for clearing that up. nt

[Kennah]

25. I hope the son leaves it on

[Snotcicles]

28. At least he didn't raise a dummy. nt

[B Calm]

33. Don't look like a truck to me!

Looks more like a Tahoe. .

[11 Bravo]

35. Did he also remember to remove the Truck Nutz?

[JNelson6563]

37. Kid smarter than parent.