<VV> green rant and some corvair related stuff

[Geoffrey A Johnson]

Nice post Robert.  You sum it up really well.  Whenever someone snaps at 
me
"how can youd d rive an old car or how can you say you claim to care 
about 
the enviroment when you drive an old car?"   My response always is that 
first, all cars pre-1974 account for less then 1/2 of 1 percent of 
pollution released anymore, and second, it will take more energy to 
produce, and put more pollution into the atmosphere to create a new car 
then my old car will produce in all its remaining miles.    As to the 
absolute truth af those statements I am not absolutely sure, but it is 
reasonable, and as I recall those facts came from a SEMA publication.
Then again like others have claimed, I fix anything I can. Did not someone 
post here awhile back the following,
Use it up, wear it out, if you can't do without.  I told that one to my 
dad and he thought that was awesome.  Maybe I should not encourage him. 
If anyone has better facts let me know!
-Geoff Johnson
63 Vert
63 Coupe
66 Corsa



On 
Mon, 13 Jun 2005, robert harvey wrote:

> I agree that we are a small group of individuals who like a car that was 
> technically ahead of its time (by at least a decade) and that we like trying 
> to keep them running . Which makes us "different" but if you look at Science