Motorsport, is it OK for a Prius owner?

If the consequences of everything we do stayed in our own houses, I'd agree with you. But things just don't work that way.

 

What rights violations! You have a right to own a truck and so do I. But we don't have the right to drive it. The State gives us the privelege to do so, but can revoke it any time we violate certain laws.

You call the law about banning incandescent bulbs a violation of your rights to do anything in you house that you want. In this case, people who use incandescent bulbs rather than fluorescent bulbs are using more fossil fuel than is necessary and making the gas bill on my Expedition higher than it needs to be. So, for the benefit of everyone who wants to drive trucks and anything else that uses fossil fuel, I think its a great idea to ban incandescent bulbs. Do you have a right to use them, no you don't because there is a law that says that someday you can't. Maybe thats taking rights away, but I think that it is a thoughtful action on the part of our elected officials to help us though a long-term energy crisis. Its about time! Europeans have forsaken incandescent lamps almost 20 years ago because they saw that the energy crisis wasn't going away. Its about time the U.S. realized it. So, please buy some compact fluorescent bulbs so that I can still use my Expedition to take my kids on camping trips next year and for years after that. In the mean time, I'll use my Prius for day to day trips and save loads of gas so that you can use your truck.

 

Actually, the only 'rights' that exist in the U.S. are those specifically provided for in the U.S. Constitution as amended. Everything else is a privilege that can be revoked.

 

I agree, but I did not want to add gasoline to the burning embers that were started.