I live in Lenzie and work in Motherwell my old car was a ford escort, as i have quite a long round trip every day i desided to do my bit for the environment, so i bought a subaru had it fitted with high time valves also got it chipped with a couple of other green modes it now has a respectable 375hp cutting down my driving time by at least 33% I have mostly motorway miles m73 to m74 to commute and i save the environment an amazing 14mins in the morn and 8mins going home (traffic). this works out to over 80 hours driving time a year that i am saving for our planet on my trips to work alone, not only that but i now get a wonderful feelgood facture as I know that i am doing my part in preserving mother earth for our so deserving and charming youth.
2007-03-13 09:32:54 · 7 answers · asked by cujimmy57ok 2 in Environment
You can be even cleaner and more efficient if you pipe the exhaust into the car.
a-hole
2007-03-13 09:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry, but that doesn't really 'cut the mustard' so to speak, as far as being environmentally conscious goes.
For starters, You're still contributing to the problem. How can driving ANYTHING be considered environmentally friendly? The best thing that you could have done is forego the luxury of driving, begin to break your addiction to the car and start catching trains or buses.
Living a long way from your place of work is also not environmentally friendly. If you lived closer, you could have saved yourself a huge amount of money and bought a pushbike! Then you would have really been doing something!
Third, have you considered the resources that have gone into producing your new car? The steel...where did that come from? What about the plastic content? The rubber? What about the pollutants that were contributed by the actual manufacturing process? Where was the car made, and how did it get to you? More resources were consumed in getting it across the ocean from Japan or Korea or wherever it was made....
Finally, if you are so keen on driving AND you would like to be environmentally conscious, maybe you could look at offsetting your contribution to the problem by joining a local landcare group and help plant lots of trees. You could also look at changing your lightbulbs to energy - efficient ones, go vegetarian (sounds silly, but cows produce more toxic emmissions than cars!!), eat organic foods and sign up for a sustainable power scheme...
I'm not berating you for your choice, just trying to help you understand that there is more to the problem of global warming than simply buying a car which has fewer emissions....
Love and Light,
Jarrah
2007-03-13 13:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by jarrah_fortytwo 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well done you - not only are you benefitting the environment but your street cred has gone through the roof and you no doubt, your new car is more comfortbable - anything has to be more comfortable than an escort. Don't forget, save the recycling vans an unecessary journey by putting all your recyclables in the main bin. Keep up the good work!
2007-03-13 09:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by Bexs 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
What Subaru is it? You don't mention the emmissions output, which surely is the most important aspect of your environmental claim?
2007-03-13 09:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I believe I can beat it. I retired and make everyone bring everything to me! That way, everyone else is responsible for the pollution, and I can feel really good!
2007-03-13 09:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by Helmut 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
dude, that kicks so much ***. i really care about the environment, and right now im taking a.p. environmental science. thanks for helping against global warming! in a couple of years ill try to buy my first car and make it a hybrid, and work as an environmental engineer.
rock on!
2007-03-13 09:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by asds 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If I've understood you correctly, you are saying that you've cut your emissions by speeding? LOL. Thanks for the post.
2007-03-13 10:43:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋