Diesel Fights Back

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Countryboy wrote:I guess pretty much everything us humans do apart from planting trees is bad for the environment
Unfortunately trees are not naturally so wonderful... :whistle:

If you burn them, they release most of their absorbed CO2 back into the atmosphere. If allowed to die and decompose on the forest floor, again most of the absorbed CO2 gets released back in the atmosphere.

Unlike cement, cutting down trees and building structures helps because the absorbed CO2 is contained (at least until demolition). Alternatively dead wood can be cleared from forests and stored air tight underground to create a carbon sink. But enough wood debris must be left on forest floors to maintain the bio systems.

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http://voxunum.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/a ... utral.html
http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/06/cle ... emissions/
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Countryboy wrote:... if planet earth is going to survive
Oh, planet Earth will survive our follies and there's time for an intelligent life form to evolve before its appointment with Andromeda... :whistle:
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Big Daddy wrote:
Countryboy wrote:The planet cannot sustain an ever growing population
:iagree: Exactly the point... :!:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10156&p=115451&hili ... on#p115451

Terrifying view of the future... :cry:

The migrant crisis is a mere gust of the hurricane that will soon engulf Europe
Huge population growth in Africa and Asia makes it imperative the EU manages its borders — and promotes stability abroad.

Fully half of all the population increase globally in the next 35 years is expected to be in one continent: Africa. What is more, that increase will mainly be in poorer, less stable countries, alongside massive growth in numbers in the most war-torn areas of the Middle East, such as Yemen and Iraq.

The numbers that emerge are stark. The increase in Africa’s population alone is set to be 1.3 billion by 2050, about two-and-a-half times the entire population of the EU today. Put another way, the number of people in Africa and western Asia is expected to increase by over 110,000 every single day for decades to come.


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Big Daddy wrote:Terrifying view of the future... :cry:
Fully half of all the population increase globally in the next 35 years is expected to be in one continent: Africa. What is more, that increase will mainly be in poorer, less stable countries...
Contrast that awful prospect with this video. By saving lives now, what's going to happen in future :?:


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Neil Evans wrote:Oh, planet Earth will survive our follies and there's time for an intelligent life form to evolve before its appointment with Andromeda... :whistle:
Planet Earth will adapt and survive like it always has. But will mankind be clever enough to survive along with it :?:
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Diesel cars emit 10 times more toxic pollution than trucks and buses
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... data-shows
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Audi employee arrested by German prosecutors in emissions probe... :whistle:
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looks like MB have now got a problem regarding this emission situation the same as VW.

I can see a future problem here. when all these shiny new HP deals come to an end and people need to pay the balance, they'll walk and the market will be flooded with diesel cars that nobody will want to buy.

my advice is if you own a diesel now, don't trade it in or sell it as it will be worthless soon. instead drive it into the ground and carry on polluting the atmosphere. I will. :rol:
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taken from another site

"Don't know about the £200 a month Merc but MB want £6000 deposit plus £369 a month for a c220 AMG which works out at about £20,000 over three years with a final purchase value of £13500. I wonder how many people think that's a good deal.

Yeah totally agree we had a display model 7 series BMW in for repair and they wanted something like 9 grand deposit £800 a month for 5 years and final payment of 25 grand ish if I remember right, so yeah that's a good cheap deal aswell lol. "
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Cheap finance for cars is building up another scarey debt bubble...and second prices look like they could plummet any time soon.
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I agree. people think they are cool with paying silly monthly amounts because their new car will look good down their street.
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Three million Mercedes-Benz owners in Europe will be offered a software fix for their diesel cars... :whistle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40648348

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Alan wrote:my advice is if you own a diesel now, don't trade it in or sell it as it will be worthless soon. instead drive it into the ground and carry on polluting the atmosphere. I will. :rol:
But what are we going to do about all those diesel trucks, buses, vans, railway locomotives, ships and stationary engines :?: ... :whistle:
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...there is no cheaper or environmentally friendly form of power than combining a diesel engine with plant oil (ref video 13:59)


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