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What happened is car companies weaseled around the law and lied to the public, causing death and damage. This is more than idle "cheating", as if it were a game
by JulianMorrison 11y ago
What happened is car companies weaseled around the law and lied to the public, causing death and damage. This is more than idle "cheating", as if it were a game. This is poisoning the air.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIndeed. Also, there are environmental issues (like climate changes) and policies that depend on estimates of how much emissions is being generated where. If indeed millions of vehicles are exceeding the official value by 20x, we're in much deeper shit than we thought. Emissions are not a joke. By cheating on it on such a scale, VW (and others like it) are literally fucking with the fate of mankind.