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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:32AM (#21204158)
Likewise, reading what I wrote would reveal, I don't regard Diesel as inevitable as the sun and the wind. That was a disingenuous comparison.

That's all on this subject.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by ThomPete on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:07PM (#21205256)
Nice strawman. I didn't claim it was. So yeah you kind of exposed everything about your intentions here. Thanks for that.
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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:18PM (#21206857)
"Blaming diesel for a public health crisis is like blaming the sun for melanomas or the wind for wrecked ships."

Putting diesel in the category of 'sun' or 'wind' is pretty clear I think.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by ThomPete on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:54PM (#21207249)
Then you should think it through some more.

The point is that it's absurd to only look at the negatives. Just like you wouldn't only be judging wind or the sun on negatives you can't only look at the negatives only of diesel you have to look at the positives and THEN decide whether it's worth it.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday October 13, 2019 @10:02AM (#21240379)
Perhaps others could attempt to be more clear, if they didn't mean what they actually wrote.
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