Why Did VW Fudge Its Emission Testing?
It may be that Atlas is beginning to shrug.
You remember Atlas. The mythical giant who struggles to support the world on his mighty shoulders. One day, his strength gives out. Or his will. His desire to bear the burden.
So, he shrugs.
Volkswagen just did exactly that.
The automaker says it cheated on federal emissions tests because company engineers considered it “impossible” to pass them.unreasonable demand after another. Eventually, it became all-but-impossible to get anything productive done.
The productive decided to shrug.
Tailpipe exhaust emissions standards are just one example of real-world government demands that have become unreasonable – and which led VW to shrug.
Reasonable would be a requirement that 95 percent of a vehicle’s exhaust stream be free of noxious-to-health gasses. VW – and everyone else – met that standard about ten years ago.
It’s not enough.
It is never enough.
The demands always escalate.
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