Posted by chriscase@sbcglobal.net on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 2:30PM :
In Reply to: 60 years difference posted by Chris Davis - UT on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 1:32PM :
A trip to a junk yard will show you how much of a modern car is thrown away for no good reason. Looks to me that many hulks were driven in, when for the cost of a repair, they could have been fixed. But no, lets buy a new car! It's only $25,000. The junkers pay $100 for the old one. Thats $24,900 wasted. How much energy does that represent? How much fossil fuel do I save by driving an old Dodge that gets 10 mpg? Where as, building a car to maintain rather than impress, would keep the majority of the old hulk on the road, saving energy and pollution.
Perhaps we should charge a "new car tax", proceeds of which will be given to owners of older cars to keep all the energy used to build a new car from being expended?
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