Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf
1
2) Sell the worst offenders off for scrap metal. One Hummer could yield enough recycled steel for several Priuses :-)
|
This has bothered me a lot lately. How many gallons of oil are burned to ship a new vehicle to your location, where you already have the "Hummer" delivered and in service? How many gallons of oil are burned shipping the raw materials around to the factories where the new vehicle's parts are made? How many hazardous compounds are created, released, or otherwise involved in the manufacture of a new vehicle, while the existing "Hummer" is already done and built and being used?
In my opinion, it's asinine to take a working device and throw it away or "melt it down".
There's serious value in making your next, naturally occurring vehicle purchase an environmentally responsible one - but there's no value at all in wasting what's already there. The fuel it will burn over its remaining few years of life, is only a little part of the equation.