http://greengrl.org Taking Care of Mother Earth Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:47:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://greengrl.org/what-is-more-environment-friendly-driving-an-old-gas-guzzler-out-or-traing-it-in-for-a-hybrid/ http://greengrl.org/what-is-more-environment-friendly-driving-an-old-gas-guzzler-out-or-traing-it-in-for-a-hybrid/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:25:54 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/what-is-more-environment-friendly-driving-an-old-gas-guzzler-out-or-traing-it-in-for-a-hybrid/ 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?

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