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> Meanwhile, two-stroke engines, older diesel engines, airplanes using leaded avgas may be as bad as the ten million slightly off tune VWs. But these aren't il
by jackvalentine 9y ago
> Meanwhile, two-stroke engines, older diesel engines, airplanes using leaded avgas may be as bad as the ten million slightly off tune VWs.
But these aren't illegal.
The point about the deaths is "it was specifically illegal and they did it anyway, with these quantifiable consequences".
- donatj 9y agoAs if illegal and right are connected in any way.
- CydeWeys 9y agoIn this case they are. These air quality laws exist to prevent people of dying from preventable air pollution. These aren't ethically murky waters like victimless crime drug laws we're talking about here.
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