# Is It Possible Stricter Environmental Regulations May Bring Back "Old" And "Outdated" Technology Back To The Forefront **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-possible-stricter-environmental-regulations-may-bring-back-old-and-outdated-technology-back-to-the-forefront/94389 "2016-08-09T00:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-possible-stricter-environmental-regulations-may-bring-back-old-and-outdated-technology-back-to-the-forefront/94389/9 "2016-08-09T01:39:56Z")
I thought we already thoroughly debunked this nonsense a couple years ago. > [@The Underappreciated Drum Brake](http://community.cartalk.com/t/the-underappreciated-drum-brake/79395): > > Lets hear it for the under rated under appreciated drum brake! Lots of guys knock the drums and talk bad about them but heres what I say. Drum brakes are better in my opinion because… drum brakes are smaller than disc brakes drum brakes don’t need a hydraulic system for activation though now they all are hydraulic. disc brakes at the rear axle of the car never reach their “self cleaning temperature”. So you have to change the brake pads of disc brakes quite more often than the brake pads of b… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-possible-stricter-environmental-regulations-may-bring-back-old-and-outdated-technology-back-to-the-forefront/94389)._