so i got a car...

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  • vaxorcist0

    cheap old cars are an environmental godsend...

    my scientist/engineer/physicist father always laughs at people who buy new cars to "save the environment" because most people don't know it takes a HUGE amount of energy to actually make a car, usually a large percentage of ALL the energy it will consume within 100,000 miles, so you're consuming energy in order to "save energy" when in fact it's more fashion, that you want to LOOK LIKE YOU'RE CARING FOR THE PLANET.... if you really did run the numbers, you'd be driving an early 1990's GEO METRO...

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