Posts Tagged ‘consumption’

With so much global warming discussion on the news these days, I notice there are already many merchants begin to wave the "green" flags. The definition of "green" is such a loose term no one knows what it really means. As long as we encourage consumption in the society, we are not really helping the environment. What do you think?

Often the reason, I don’t drive is because hate the way roads scar the countryside, and most human products seem entirely unnatural. But if it turned out that most of our concerns were unnecessary such as car pollution, would you still campaign to cut our general consumption etc, (assuming you do now)

I have a van that gives 18 mpg. It has 170,000 miles on it. The wear shows but it is doing fine otherwise and all othersystems work. I have owned it for 8 years.
My next car will definitely be a Hybrid that gives more than 35 mpg.
My dilemma is:
I could trade this one now and start emmiting less green house gases.
or
I can drive the one I have for another 40-50k miles; thus delaying a cars worth of hard ware and mterial consumption for another 4-5 years.
So the question is: What is more environment friendly – Trading in old gas-guzzlers early for Hybrids or running them out for thier full life? Becaue after I trade this one in now, someone else will buy it and drive it for another 50,000 miles anyway, right?
What is worse: gas fumes of 300 gallons or Meterial for a brand new car?