Well it is a bit more complex than "water is wet"
If you say "we are going to ban your antique or classic cars" Ban your tow vehicle, ban your race car, ban parts for your engine, and so on - then that has an immediate polarizing effect and removes any room you have to shape opinion or perceptions because you are immediately messing with private property use and ownership.
So the tactic of late is to nudge and cloak the real objective while wrapping the entire issue in layers of media and social distraction while you employ generational shift as a tactic. This is the "we have the save the environment movement" which targets our kids and ironically only attacks the rights of free countries while developing countries and the authoritarian mega polluters (china) are selectively 100% ignored. The absence of any concentrated focus on the real modern day source of pollution will indicate to open minded people what the real intent behind this "movement" really is, and by the way this is not at all new - the very same fear mongering was employed 45 years ago about the dangers of Tetraethyl lead (TEL) and we all know how that worked out for the domestic auto industry in the 1970's.
This thread originally started as educational commentary on potential rule making by the EPA with the potential to negatively impact our hobby. I have chosen to continue to update it to report on the progress being made world wide in what at this point is undeniably a blatant effort to restrict the future ability for anyone to enjoy, restore and keep any internal combustion automobile.
It is clear now what the end game is so I will operate within the rules set by the forum and simply continue to update this information as changes are announced.
Take a Kid to a car show, a race, take them for a ride in your muscle car, Your hobby and our automotive heritage depends on it.
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