Don’t Buy That Car
Green is the new black. It has become extremely fashionable to support supposedly environmentally friendly fads, which tend to be clever marketing or psychological lockpicking. One of the most sinful and reprehensible examples of this is the advertising literature for hybrid cars. They peddle (geddit?) the myth that actually going to a showroom and buying a brand new car with a newfangled hybrid engine will save the environment. In fact, this will damage the planet more than almost any alternative.
Firstly, the hybrid cars are not as efficient as they are said to be. Their engines do not have the specs and the statistics on the adverts. Of course, on a test track in Japan the car might just about reach a certain level of average Co2 emissions. Everywhere else (especially in the UK, with obstacles like sleeping policemen and potholes to deal with) these emissions with be considerably higher. More importantly is the actual act of buying a new car. This new hybrid car – as with any new car – has been made in a factory at enormous cost to the environment. Even if the car drove at fifty miles per hour for thirty years non-stop, more carbon would have been released into the atmosphere through its creation than during its life. Of course, no car would ever cover that distance in its lifetime. Most cars have a built-in planned obsolescence which effectively limits their lifespan, often to under a decade.
The solution is to avoid buying a new car. Buy a second hand machine. If possible, buy a second hand diesel (to run on biodiesel or used chip fat) or an old LPG-powered vehicle. Both of these eliminate the carbon footprint caused by making a car, and are better for the environment while running.
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