You remember Atlas. The
mythical giant who struggles to support the world on his mighty shoulders. One day, his strength gives out. Or
his will. His desire to bear the burden.
So,
he shrugs.
Volkswagen
just did exactly that.
The
automaker says it cheated on federal emissions tests because company engineers
considered it “impossible” to
pass them.
Italics
added.
Read
that again.
A
major-league automaker, with an entire engineering staff at its disposal, found
itimpossible to comply
with the federal government’s emissions fatwas. It would have
required unacceptable (to VW’s customers) functional compromises – or
unacceptable costs.
So,
VW elected to shrug.
Screw the tests. Screw Uncle. We are in the
business of building cars that must be appealing to our customers, such
that they are willing to part with hard-earned money in exchange for them. If
that means the cars are not “compliant” with the government’s endless laundry
list of demands … well, so be it.
How
long before others do something similar?
It
is inevitable. Something has got to give…………..
And here’s the real dirt:
Even
if VW – and everyone else – figures out a cost-feasible way to achieve tailpipe
exhaust that is 98.5
percent “clean,” the Kip Chalmers of our world (read Atlas)
will then demand 100 percent “clean.” Or, they will do as they
already have – and begin to redefine the currently
“clean” compounds (e.g., water vapor and carbon dioxide, which now constitute
the bulk of the inert compounds in a new vehicle’s exhaust
stream) as “harmful pollutants” and therefore subject to new federal fatwas.
This
is already happening. The just-agreed-to “climate change” global
fatwa, for instance.
The
object you see, is not “clean” cars.
It is to get rid of cars.
Read more at: http://ericpetersautos.com/2015/12/15/atlas-shrugging/
