First bankers, now cars makers Options

[Andy Capp]

In this alleged free market economy, people should be going to gaol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34322016

[je suis Charlie]

I love it when people bleat on about this pollution malarkey, they don't seem to bothered about all the pollution from the diesel lorrys bringing them their Tesco pizza cos they're to lazy to get off their *** and walk to the shops. Or what's being blown out the back of those jet engines when they're on the way to two weeks in Benidorm, not to mention the muck that gets thrown out of the third world tractors by the people who grow their food because "we absolutely must have fresh grapes in Waitrose in January". Two week cruise round the Med anyone? Seen the **** coming out of those funnels? But exceed some arbitrary limit for some chemical compound they've never heard of before and suddenly everyone's a sodding expert on the subject.

[Andy Capp]

I love it when people bleat on about this pollution malarkey, they don't seem to bothered about all the pollution from the diesel lorrys bringing them their Tesco pizza cos they're to lazy to get off their *** and walk to the shops.

People are bothered, but people still have to live. People go to Tesco et al. because they're open, convenient and have more choice. They're are also deceived by the cleaver selling tactics.

Or what's being blown out the back of those jet engines when they're on the way to two weeks in Benidorm, not to mention the muck that gets thrown out of the third world tractors by the people who grow their food because "we absolutely must have fresh grapes in Waitrose in January". Two week cruise round the Med anyone? Seen the **** coming out of those funnels? But exceed some arbitrary limit for some chemical compound they've never heard of before and suddenly everyone's a sodding expert on the subject.

Completely agree, but what we are complaining about here isn't the pollution (looking at Facebook at the moment, it just seems to be a laugh); it is the deception.

[On the edge]

People are bothered, but people still have to live. People go to Tesco et al. because they're open, convenient and have more choice. They're are also deceived by the cleaver selling tactics.
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Ah, so people are only bothered if it materially affects their own way of life...yes that fits. In reality, then, very few really gives a xxx about the VW problem. The Tesco example is a good one, there are other just as convenient supermarkets, but Tesco sales didn't noticeably dip when scandles broke; that took a couple of German deep discounters. That's the only reason the majority get bothered. As for VW, at least the Germans managed to keep a couple of volume car manufacturers, even if they've made a silly mistake, it's more than we've managed to do.