Thrifty or "green"?

[cfg83]

Old Tele man -

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...it's "atonement time"

...in my "younger days," I wasted gasoline at stop lights and drag races...because I could!

...now, in my "elder days,"I save gasoline because I'm CHEAP...because I can!

...hopefully, the two "extremes" will balance-out when I go either: UP to the big Derrick-in-the-Sky for judgement...or DOWN to the bigger "Hotter-than-Hades" resort for retirement (ha,ha)

Yeah, my nephew is in that younger-daze waste-gas stage. Soooooo, I tell him I am saving gas for his future Porsche.

CarloSW2

[Bicycle Bob]

Hi Frank, I meant that improving one old car at a time does not feel like a way to make a living. However, I've had great luck at keeping them going - something like $200 per annum for parts and depreciation.
I've held off on having kids, pending a way to suport them on something besides their natural inheritance, so my own descendants, if any, will be benign design features.

[Frank Lee]

OH I see.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

Although I do not consider myself a liberal environmentalist by any stretch of the imagination...

Not to get into a political debate, but I do wish people would start realizing that it's perfectly possible to be an environmentalist without also being a liberal.

[Old Tele man]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Not to get into a political debate, but I do wish people would start realizing that it's perfectly possible to be an environmentalist without also being a liberal.

...sorta depends upon one's viewpoint of the situation...within or without (ie: standing on the sidelines looking in).

[tasdrouille]

10. I always want the best bang for my bucks, but I'm hanging around here only because the subject is of personal interest to me. I like cars, I like tinkering, I like efficiency and I like green. Where else could I be?

[PaleMelanesian]

My reasons, in order:
Thriftyness
facing a challenge to excel
general interest in efficiency / conservation
geopolitics / peak oil / foreign oil from our enemies
"green"

[Piwoslaw]

While the Wife and I were discussing what's going on in our country today, I suddenly remembered this poll and realized that there should be one more dimension. Beside using less oil for thrift and/or green reasons, what is important for some people is energy independence. In our case it's not only about helping our country be less dependent on oil and gas from our huge eastern neighbor, it's more about us being independent from our country's dependence, and from politicians who are responsible for it.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...sorta depends upon one's viewpoint of the situation...within or without (ie: standing on the sidelines looking in).

Not to me. I don't see environmentalism as really political at all. (Though of course some questions about how best to go about it are.) It's quite simply that I like the outdoors and all that goes with it, and loathe cities, crowds, & noise. So if I want to have & keep those things, I have to be an environmentalist, no?

[Old Tele man]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

So if I want to have & keep those things, I have to be an environmentalist, no?

...no one HAS to be anything--labels go on beer cans, not on people's beliefs.

...I'm neither an environmentalist nor an "oil-well Annie/Arthur." It's my 'pocket-book' that affects me, so *I* do what *I *can to maximize MY small modicum of control over the BIG things over which I have little-to-no control over (whales, price of oil, etc.).

...I control/affect what I can and circumvent the rest.