27 September 2015 - Volkswagen 1
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You have to admire Volkswagen, in a way. Maybe German thoroughness
makes it possible to differently burn regulators, and dealers, and
customers, and the breathing public, all with a single fraud.
Thanks to general human thoroughness in the power arrangements,
those who are most harmed are, as usual, least able to claim
compensation. Nevertheless, we denizens of the environment, the
breathing public who are theoretically protected by the Clean Air
Act, demand our 35 cents each (after laywers’ fees)!
clue:
Estimates of the number of deaths from the extra air pollution are
super uncertain. The low end of the lowest back-of-the-envelope
estimate I saw was only 3, suggesting that it might be unlikely
for a class action lawsuit to score a large settlement on pollution
grounds. Of course, far more people were harmed than killed outright,
but that harm is even harder to estimate. The harm is ongoing, since
not all the cars will ever be fixed.
give me a clue so sweet and true
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