On Aug 7, 2006, at 12:08 PM, mike wilson wrote: > I didn't mean my origianl staement as a direct criticism of your > choice > of vehicle but as a general one about the motor industry. I have a > sneaking and unevaluated feeling that the environmental cost of > producing new cars is higher than the cost of keeping old ones > running. > Not that anyone (especially the motor industry) is going to be > bothered about that.
That didn't come across clearly in the original statement. Certainly there is environmental cost to producing new cars. Overall, it's necessary even if existing ones can be maintained to as-new standards (difficult at best) due to the fact that parts wear out, cars get destroyed through accidents, etc. Modern cars are much more efficient in operation and do a better job, and are more easily recycled, but there is a huge environmental cost to any large-scale manufacturing operation. That is the modern world, however. To change from that basis into a low-tech, non-manufacturing culture is likely something that will not happen anytime soon unless there was catastrophic pressure to deal with. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
