REPORT: Will it blend? Not if CARB has anything to say about it
Will it blend? If the answer is no – as was the case with the boron steel used to create the latest Ford Fiesta – perhaps all that's needed is a more powerful blender (insert appropriate Tim Allen-esque grunting sounds here) complete with handlebars and a twist-grip throttle? Enter the Party Blender, which uses a gas-powered engine in lieu of a standard wimpy plug-in electric motor.
Unless you live in California, that is. Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB for short) fined On the Edge Marketing from Orange County and CSK Auto Inc. from Phoenix, Arizona a whopping $240,000 for selling the blenders in the Far-Left State. Says CARB chairperson Mary D. Nichols:
So, let's get this straight... gas-powered blenders are A-OK, just so long as they aren't powered by two-stroke engines from China that aren't approved for sale in California? Does this sound strange to anybody else?Gasoline-powered blenders may be this year's tailgate sensation, but drinkers should not be polluting our air while having a good time.
[Source: LA Times]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tim 10:22AM (9/24/2009)
Progressives are INSANE!
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Brian 11:02AM (9/24/2009)
Yes, enforcing the law is insane. It's a good thing non "progressive" states don't bother enforcing their laws...
Satn 11:17AM (9/24/2009)
So you're defending the use of an engine powered blender, when all that's needed is a small, battery powered one?
I don't think you have the brains to lable anyone insane.
Tim 11:25AM (9/24/2009)
OK, How about FASCIST!
Brian 11:32AM (9/24/2009)
Fascist better describes the behavior of those rascally non-progressive states.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9811/20/texas.sodomy/
Satn 1:03PM (9/24/2009)
I often wonder if all these idiot conservatives ate too many led paint chips as kids, that "those facists" later made illigal.
You can have your idiotic gas guzzlers (I bet you hate CAFE Standards too) if I can have the freedom to cut your break lines, because not doing so infringes on my freedom.
Tim 2:12PM (9/24/2009)
Brian and Satan,
This links for you:
When Progressives say “Shut Up”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHgUE9AD4s
Chris M 11:50PM (9/24/2009)
It's not "insane" to enforce reasonable laws to keep the air we all rely on reasonably clean.
Ironic that one of the YouTube vids you linked to discussed politics, favoring a "Republic" style of governments, a rule of law that prevented both mob rule and anarchy, a philosophy that apparently you once subscribed to. Well, here is a prime example of the Rule of Law, yet somehow you think it's "insane". Methinks you need to reassess your politics, at least as far as this issue is concerned.
Nick 12:45AM (9/25/2009)
Tim
I'd throw you into that blender, head first.
nrb 10:21AM (9/24/2009)
Build your own.
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john 10:49AM (9/24/2009)
It's kinda funny, but seriously two-stroke engines from China with no emissions controls are huge polluters whether they're found on blenders or yard tools or whatever.
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chuck 3:07PM (9/24/2009)
2-stroke engines usually yield 50 times the air pollution of their 4-stroke counterparts per horsepower
anonymous 10:59AM (9/24/2009)
You ask:
"So, let's get this straight... gas-powered blenders are A-OK, just so long as they aren't powered by two-stroke engines from China that aren't approved for sale in California? Does this sound strange to anybody else?"
No, enforcing the law does not sound strange.
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Tim 11:27AM (9/24/2009)
FASCIST!
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chuck 3:12PM (9/24/2009)
Fascism:
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Synonyms: authoritarian
Antonyms: democrat, liberal
source: http://www.answers.com/topic/fascism , http://www.answers.com/fascist
Now kindly stop emptying your bowels on the internet.
Mark Kiernan 4:48PM (9/24/2009)
Chuck don't use such large words around children. I am worried that Tim's home-schooling parents don't know that he is using the inter-a-net.
Nick 12:43AM (9/25/2009)
Tim
If you don't like the idea of government or law, then move to Somalia, dickhead. There you can experience freedom up your a....
Blown tranny 11:36AM (9/24/2009)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/12/galveston_false_arrest.php
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amtoro 11:43AM (9/24/2009)
It is funny how some call almost any enforcement of the codes or law "fascist". except when their neighbor's dog takes a dump on their yard; then, they call the police and hope they enforce the codes and tell the neighbor where, when and how to walk their dog... but that is not fascist, right? that is just "fair".
Just for a laugh, search for the Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson built a blender using a V8 engine and fired it up in the studio... a four stroke, that is, Europe is already phasing-out all 2 stroke engines already.
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Tim 10:25AM (9/25/2009)
Since you like (and need) an all powerful gov't controlling your every move, you'll LOVE this:
Get ready! Here come the energy police
'Google PowerMeter' could mean regulation of your private home
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=110509