Posted by David Sherman on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 8:33PM :
In Reply to: Global Warming may make us change. posted by chriscase@sbcglobal.net on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 2:30PM :
The best thing anybody can do for the environment is buy or keep an old truck, house, tool, appliance, car, furniture, or whatever rather than buying a new one. But they never promote that idea because it's bad for business. Instead of "Keep driving your old Dodge Dart that gets 20 mpg and can be repaired by an old farm dog armed with a pork chop bone, because whatever extra gas you burn up is far less than the energy it takes to make a new car", it's "Help the Earth by buying this new environmentally friendly soybean-powered solar-assisted car with computerized everything, none of which can be fixed except by swapping out $1000 modules that will be discontinued in 5 years."
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