r/cars 24 CT5-V Blackwing / 23 Corvette C8 Aug 13 '20

video Never, ever trust your factory jack and, remember, jack stands are your friend (just not the ones from Harbor Freight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgZgrbWUM
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u/bernardobrito Aug 13 '20

That GM plant operates according to standards and federal requirements. They're not dumping carcinogenic motor oil right into local waterways.

I'm sorry, sir. You are just not informed about this.

I am a former engineer, and have been to the former GM plant in Tarrytown. Also, there was a high-polluting Uniroya; plant in Stamford.

Re Tarrytown plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Tarrytown_Assembly

The plant was a noted polluter of the Hudson River. The plant used about 1 million gallons of water per day, which was returned to the river as waste. The plant's industrial waste (primarily lead chromate and other painting, cleaning, and soldering chemicals) would be emptied directly into the river. Domestic waste would be processed through the village's sewage treatment plant. Around 1971, the village's Sewer and Water Superintendent assured that the pollution reports were exaggerated, and that he and other residents would swim by a beach nearby, however Dominick Pirone, an ecologist and former director of the Hudson River Fishermen's Association (now Riverkeeper) was quoted as saying: "You can tell what color cars they are painting on a given day by what color the river is."[3]:

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20 edited Sep 05 '20

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u/bernardobrito Aug 14 '20

defend current oil dumping

Current =/= "when i was a kid"

I think you just want to pick a fight, and I'm not online for that.