[blindlaw] 'environmental zelots'

[Steve Jacobson]

I have not seen all of the posts on this subject, but I hope it is clear that the intention of most of us and the NFB is not to encourage the use of gasoline-powered 
cars for our benefit.  We are looking to find a subtle sound source that could be added to hybrid cars if the cars themselves are too silent.  Not everything that is 
hybrid is quiet, though.  The hybrid busses that I have heard here in Minnesota are quieter than most of the busses that travel our streets, but they make enough 
noise to seem not to be a problem.  Still, I would find it surprising if the hybrid cars I have seen would not be seen as a problem by the blind of Europe as well.  

> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: ger sadlier <gersadlier at yahoo.ie>
>> Hi, I must say that the posts below range from the rediculous to the absurd.
>>    
>>   Describing global warming as a fantacy is equivalent to the austridge burying 
>> his head in the sand.
>>    
>>   Its time the U.S. started to pull its weight on this issue, though it would 
>> have been better had they started 10 years ago.
>>    
>>   In Europe, we have taken serious steps and I can tell you that people are 
>> extremely tired of going the extra mile because the U.S. public are unwilling or 
>> unable to see the writing on the wall.
>>   (no pun intended given the list.)
>>    
>>   As to the 'quiet car'
>>   1. at least in the EU such cars aren't so quiet that they are a mennace
>>   2 some noise making device can be built in if necessary, without leading to 
>> the harmful emissions that currently characterize cars.
>>    
>>   implying that we need the current crop of gas guzzlers to safeguard blind and 
>> visually impaired people is like saying that you need that factory to keep 
>> spewing toxic chemicals so we can smell its existence.
>>    
>>   It really is off the wall.
>>    
>>   G
>> 
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