Originally Posted by badass 
True, its not a good anology in that respect but its pretty usefull in pointing out to these moronic anti 4x4 campaigners (that jet off to somewhere sunny every year) that they are getting all worked up over something thats a drop in the ocean.
If you want to reduce man made emissions of "nasty" gasses, instead of campaigning against something that represents a small percentage of a small percentage of manmade greenhouse gas emissions IIRC cars represent 2% of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Why bother getting so het up over a tiny part of 2% of the problem? Talk about these idiots missing the point entirely.
Moronic? I am sorry but I have the firmly held view that if you choose to drive something that has pathetic fuel effiency and doesnt fit on UK roads then you are a moron. If you advocate using a reasonable car that is more efficient or actualy walking *gasp* your kids to school on a morning then I think that makes you a reasonable person. Do not even think of calling me on these assumptions unless you can tell me how you know that "anti 4x4" campaigners jet off every year and are idiots. Also please back up your figure of 2% as the frist atricle I found on google says that cars account for nearly 20% of all carbon emissions.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/carbo...511925,00.html
"It is believed motor vehicles contribute between 14 to 17 per cent of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions, a figure that is to increase substantially in the coming years. By 2025, it is expected there will be one billion vehicles discharging as much as 1,800 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere every year - the equivalent of almost a third of the 6,000 million tonnes of carbon emissions from all sources today."
You sir, are a moron.