I disagree. To hang on to a car for as long as possible is about as green as you can get in this world. I don't think I've driven a single car for under 150k. I've made most last to 250K.
To my mind the whole story just proves that New Yorkers have class. To love something when it's new and shiny is at the heart of commodity production. To love it when its worn and old is a step up. Joanna ----- Original Message ----- In a world where millions of people are starving, homeless, unemployed or otherwise miserable, hundreds of millions of animals are poisoned, force-fed and tortured to death in factory-farms, this guy is grieving over separation from his beloved ... automobile!! File this one under false consciousness? http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/06/ny-neighbors-turn-out-to-mark-passing-of-30-year-old-honda-civic/ ------------------------------snip Few cars get the eulogy they deserve after a life of serving us. But one 1982 Honda Civic was put to rest last week in Inwood, NY, and got a junkyard sendoff worthy of a lifelong friend. [...] As the Civic was towed off, Ettling must have thought about all of the good times Bluey had delivered. When asked about getting a new car, Ettling thought it over. "I'm not getting a new car," Ettling told the New York Daily News. "I need time to heal." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
