[MBZ] Continued off topic

[BillR]

You also need to factor in the pollution of making any replacement vehicle
and all it's parts.  An engineer friend figured out once how far/long he
would have to drive a new truck his friends were trying to talk him into
[because it got better mileage] to replace his old one that he used to drive
less than 8 miles a day commuting.  The energy cost to make a new truck
divided into the difference in mileage came to some significant number of
years. Not sure how that formula would work on pollution but probably not
too different.
Gotta watch those hidden costs.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD  EM   276k miles, and getting a welding job today to firm up the
driver's door check.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net [mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]
On Behalf Of Marshall Booth
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:37 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Continued off topic

Jeff Zedic wrote:

> I guess the world doesn't need people like me with my 1956 Sunbeam T20 
> that still works perfectly.

But your '56 Sunbeam spews out 50X the pollution that a modern car with the
same power would...

Marshall
-- 
	  Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
       "der Dieseling Doktor" mbooth at pitt.edu
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D
2.2 229Kmi (retired)

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