Study of Mortality

[mkirda]

I've seen that in Sulawesi, even on a few Jeepneys in the provinces of PI, but never in the US of A.

Mike

And there in lies your answer,

You look at the world from you own limited perspective.
World wide which scenario do you think an SUV is more likely to be used?
One guy driving around Chicago in his Blazer?
Or millions of people in third world countries hanging off jeeps and SUVS riding into town to get supplies? In PI or BAli,how many single occupant jeeps do you see driving MO fish into town?
Even in most of America, the inner city commuter is not the norm.
Half of America is still red states , farm land and pick up tucks.
The average house hold in Fly over territory has half the the number of vehicles yet an equal number of people. Do we really expect farmer Bob and his family to "ride into town" to get some hay in a Toyota civic?
Two average US cars actually burn more fuel then one SUV.
Take a ride in the middle 46 states and notice the average number of passages in pick ups and SUVS.

Kalk,

The issue with emissions is HERE IN THE US, not in the Philippines. Even with our cleaner burning cars, the sheer number of cars used daily pours out more Fossil Fuel CO2 than any other nation, and more than several others combined.

I used the example of how things are different in other countries to illustrate MY POINT from LIMITED global perspective.
And, YES, worldwide, we are more likely to see an SUV used by a single driver in the good ol' US of A than we are to see them used at all in most third world countries. Most poor people in third world countries can't afford the land they build their homes on, let alone buying a four wheeled vehicle. The most they can generally afford is a motorcycle, of which I have seen dozens carrying three, four, even five persons.

The PI has a problem with emissions mainly because there are no pollution control devices on their vehicles. It isn't the CO2, but the rest of the smog-producing agents and the soot.

Once again, Kalk, I urge you to leave the US sometime and go visit the areas of which you attempt to speak authoritatively. You really don't know a tenth of what you think you do.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

 

[mkirda]

Sorry for highjacking your thread.

I do think it is great that you are working sort of parallel to what Ferdinand and Peter are trying. There are still lots of room for improvement in fish handling from the collection areas to the importers. Some of the things are easy to improve, but others are not addressable easily. How do you fix the roads? For instance... What can you do when you have pavement buckles where the difference between the two pieces is in excess of SIX INCHES?
Its like having random CURBS built into your roadway system, and you have no choice but to drive over them... It is crap like this causes a lot of the mortality due to stress.

Sharing the data would be best for the entire industry.

Regards.
Mike Kirda