>hi all,
>living in australia, it's not really for me to comment specifically on sb-42.
>there is a point hovever that i rarely see raised when the discussion of older
>vehicles and their 'extra' air pollution is brought up.
>if you put and old car in the crusher (or worse, let it rust away) and buy a
>new one, many megawatt hours of energy are expended by the factories involved
>in its production. this energy ultimately comes from a power station which
>creates its own smoke and contributes to global warming.
>is there anyone on the list capable of calculating a ballpark 'energy value'
>for an old car. this might raise a few eyebrows next time the government and
>the media get on the 'lets get all the old cars off the road' band wagon.
>the best way to recycle is to keep using what you've got!
I remember reading somewhere(don't ask me though, it was a long time ago) that
about 75% of the energy used by a car is in it's production. Don't know how
right that is, but it sounds good for our cause eh!!! ;-)
Rich
>adelaide (we want our grand prix back)
We've still got ours up the road at Silverstone, but I'm damned if I'll pay
about 70 quid to stand in a field when I can see it better at home, who needs
atmosphere!!! :-)
ps, anyone here the results for Le Mans this weekend, I saw bugger all on telly
about it.
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