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Originally Posted by bennelson
Is a very in-expensive car going to mean that people will just get a new one and throw the old one away instead of fixing it?
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If they can afford to throw away a broken car, they wouldn't be buying a Nano in the first place. No, I suspect that there is a thriving fix & repair culture/economy in India the likes of which we haven't had in North America for generations. There will be no broken Nanos abandoned on the side of the road. For now.
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If a person thinks that more cars on the road pollute more and add to congestion, then is the only morally right thing to do for that person to reduce or eliminate car use?
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Maybe we need the automotive equivalent of the One Laptop per Child program, where a North American/Westerner goes from a 20 mpg SUV to a 50 mpg Nano, and buys a second one for an Indian. So... no net fuel/pollution increase (from use).
