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Yeah but...

But the fact that the car was designed to absorb impact meant that the injuries to the occupants of both vehicles were reduced. A lot of injuries are the result of shockwaves, rather than direct trauma from something hard or heavy. Whiplash and what have you, even gunshots. If the vehicles absorb the impact, which they are deliberately designed to do, they're not tin cans simply because the manufacturers are cheap bastards, the injuries to the people involved are lessened because the shock is partially absorbed. It's why modern motorcycle helmets are lined with styrofoam and why when bikies remove the stuffing to look cool they look lobotomised instead.

People are more important than vehicles. And harder to fix.

 

They are tin cans because if they built cars like they did fifty years they would be out a lot of money. those cars are like tanks and they are very costly to build, so now with new technology they can build cheaper and lighter cars.. but frankly in the city gas powered cars should be baned all together..

KaMe

 

I tihnk most SUVs are ridiculous. The only one I really take serisouly is the Hummer. Aside from that, gimme a Jeep Wrangler. Anything else is a glorified minivan. Soccer mooms with SUVs is just the dumbest thing ever.

Pick-ups are something else. I'm from Wyoming, and people around here need and use them. (farmers etc, and the fact that haf the roads are dirt) I also used to live in Alaska. People there needed big cars with big tires so they could actually drive at all in the snow and slush and mud.

We own a jeep, and a 20' long Pick-up. The thing is serisouly useful. It's not for everyday driving though.

Was in LA a couple weeks ago, and there were SUBs running around all over the place. Simply retarded. Reminds me of the activists who went around putting (removable) bumper stickers on SUVs that read "I'm changing the environment"

 

You are right cars do suck but I can't drive a huge truck because it's just too big. I like my little car and if I get in a car crash than so be it. It probably would have happen anyways.

 

i agree with cosmos.....i dont have a truck and i couldnt drive one....its way too big and i can barely handle my honda prelude....

 

New Argument.. Should the world powers in the space industry come together and make a project to set up a station on the moon that can be used as a lunch platform to go to other planets like mars and stuff instead of having to send lots of space ships back and forth between earth???

KaME

 

Oh for sh*t sure man.
Space exploration has been on the back burner for far too long now. I'm starting to think we need another cold war to get things moving.
But governments like the US aren't gonna fund anything like that, not for a long time to come. People like Bush are to interested in doing other less honourable things.
If they got their budget from their wastful and ineffective "war on drugs" campaign they could probably do it.

 

Yeah, it is a good idea. It would bring countries closer, hopefully improving relations, and be a leap forward in mankind in general. And the way our resources are being depleted, we'll need a new planet soon.

Also, on a tandem note to Hamish's post, they should reverse their war on drugs campaign. I mean, billions are trafficed in every year, and if the government sold drugs, it would increase both the revenue and the purity of the drugs, reducing sh*t like rat poison in them.

 

Amen to that. I read an article recently on the legalisation of all drugs(by a political anylyst). It basically reflected my views and more. Regarding soft drugs (eg marijuana), if it was government controled you'd get better quality stuff at a cheaper price and the government could use the money for better things.

Drugs like heroin especially. I forget the exact numbers but it was around $200 worth of heroin is worth hundreds or thousands(maybe millions cant remember) when it hits the streets.

People aren't gonna stop using drugs. Humans have been using drugs for thousands of years. By legalising them, it can be controled, people would be safer, and the money could go towards better things instead of criminals pockets.

A drug fueled space program. Now there's an idea. Not gonna happen though.

And space exploration would benefit all of mankind. And I think the governments of the world or the UN even should get hold of space first. If they don't, in the future(far future probably) is huge corporations get there first or buy into it and who knows what could happen then.
Governments, for all their corruptions are nowhere near as bad as mega corporations. And the corporations of today are only getting bigger and more powerful.

Mad Hamish's views on the future. tm

 

Well the excuse they use these days is it cost to much.. Well DUH its because you have to invent new things before stuff gets cheap.. and the US wastes so much money on the war on drugs and the Military itself that they could switch to the space program..

But whats funny is Russia STILL has the most advanced space equipment.. they actualy have all the codes for the new space station up there.. they Run that thing..

KaMe