Comments on: Our Morning Roundup http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:52:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: reuben http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/comment-page-1/#comment-97585 reuben Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:02:11 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/#comment-97585 I hope Fenty has an easier time with the inspection station matter than former Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly did. This can be one change-averse city.... I hope Fenty has an easier time with the inspection station matter than former Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly did. This can be one change-averse city....

]]> By: Mike DeBonis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/comment-page-1/#comment-97153 Mike DeBonis Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:33:28 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/#comment-97153 "Am I the only one that would miss the Half Street inspection station?" Yes. "Am I the only one that would miss the Half Street inspection station?"

Yes.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/comment-page-1/#comment-97116 Jamie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:32:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2008/01/31/our-morning-roundup-16/#comment-97116 Why on earth do emissions inspections exist at all? I would hazard that the environmental cost of operating that station (that is, the gas, emissions, time, etc. that is wasted by every single car registered in DC having to drive there and back and sit idling for an hour once every two years) is far more than the savings gained by a few people having to fix their catalytic converters. And besides, even if you fail, if you can prove you spent a $700 bucks still fail, they give you a sticker anyway. Great, let's just throw good money after bad and keep the mechanics in business. So to protect the environment from the fraction of cars that are out of spec, junkers which likely will be off the road in a few years anyway, we force everyone to waste time, gas, and pollute the environment. It's like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Why on earth do emissions inspections exist at all? I would hazard that the environmental cost of operating that station (that is, the gas, emissions, time, etc. that is wasted by every single car registered in DC having to drive there and back and sit idling for an hour once every two years) is far more than the savings gained by a few people having to fix their catalytic converters. And besides, even if you fail, if you can prove you spent a $700 bucks still fail, they give you a sticker anyway. Great, let's just throw good money after bad and keep the mechanics in business.

So to protect the environment from the fraction of cars that are out of spec, junkers which likely will be off the road in a few years anyway, we force everyone to waste time, gas, and pollute the environment. It's like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

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