Volkswagen facing multiple US probes

[Harrowby Hall]

News just in: the VW scandal will cause 60 extra premature deaths in the USA, with more if they don't get the cars fixed.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/vw-emissions-fraud-will-cause-about-60-premature-deaths-in-us/

Why, I wonder, is there not greater concern for the millions of US citizens who are, therefore, going to die as a consequence of the diesel-engined road rigs that transport the majority of goods around the country?

Or for the thousands who will die as a result of the huge multi-locomotive diesel freight trains that criss-cross the nation?

Or for all those people living near rivers, canals, lakes and seaports who will die unnecessarily because irresponsible boat and ship owners use diesel engines?

The number of diesel-engined VW cars sold in the USA is very small. The amount of pollution directly attributable to them is microscopic.

Even if this number crunching exercise is valid, for every US citizen that dies because of this increased risk 5,300,000 do not.

[Outrider]

Why, I wonder, is there not greater concern for the millions of US citizens who are, therefore, going to die as a consequence of the diesel-engined road rigs that transport the majority of goods around the country?

There is, but there isn't as much news in that because they've not (that we've seen, yet) been lying about the quantity of their emissions. It's not the emissions that are really the story, they're just decoration: it's corporate lying. And, of course, it's not about actually educating anyone or making a coherent point or trying to improve the world significantly: it's the media, it's just another form of corporate lying.

O.