That's the agitating headline of a recent story published by Slate.com. It sounds like some screed by a coal industry lobbyist, but the gist of the article is slightly more logical.

Author Joe Eaton, a self-described hot rodder who grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, makes the case that collector cars are great, as long as you equilibrise their use out with some form of public transportation.

He claims that the day he sold his car and started using all public transit was also the day he started a Porsche fund with the money he saved on gas, insurance, etc. He would take trains to work during the week and tool around in a late 60s 911 on the weekends he figured.

Sounds sensible enough actually, although the fact that he lives in Baltimore and commutes to D.C. makes the whole intent a little easier. Probably wouldn't work so well in the other 90% of the country.

Still, any kind of logical argument for preserving collector vehicles seems worth discussing, if only to keep the conversation off the intent of getting rid of "those old gas guzzlers" entirely.

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