On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:54 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Indeed. When you think of all the energy that has gone into mining, > refining, moving, machining, casting, painting, etc. (I know there are > economies of scale) the materials in that vehicle (not to mention the > factory that built it) and then compare that carbon footprint to the > actual savings it makes over its life, I would be interested to know > what fuel saving it makes. I'm not sure it can even be evaluated.
And if you sold your old car, that's still on the road polluting just as much as if you'd kept it. All you'd have done is increase the total amount of cars on the road by one, until someone down the chain sends their junker to the scrap yard. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
