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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Oregun
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Something good about keeping your old car...
One of the think tank env'l groups (I can't recall if it was EDF or NRDC) calculated the total pollution from a car over its lifetime. They discovered that the pollution to BUILD the car was 1/3 of the total. That is surprisingly high -- so it is useful to keep the car running (of course, I doubt if they calculated the pollution to rebuild an engine). Also, the build pollution is nearly certain to be in a different air shed and water shed than where the car is operated...
But still, that is a big chunk of the total.
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"A man with his priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile."
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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