Electric Transportation and the Environment
As part of an ongoing conversation on the environmental validity of electric vehicles, frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes:
… Every minute of usage from an EV bought or sold this year (or the next two or three decades for that matter), will always result in net additional damage to the environment rather than net additional good.
This is a quick excerpt from his much longer and quite thoughtful comment to the post linked above. I encourage readers to check it out. (more…)
Over the recent years governments and environment conserving agencies have tried to emphasize the need to recycle used material. The automobile industry has not been left behind as recycle of vehicles and vehicle parts has far reaching environmental benefits. Recycled material if in good condition is of good quality and comes at a lower cost. 
Even the humble act of recycling has become a global business. According to a report by the London based newspaper The Guardian, when a Chinese made television is imported into the United Kingdom, a UK company then sells the empty box and packaging materials back to China, where they’re recycled and made into new boxes and packaging materials. 
Like most people, there are a number of things I do with ridiculous consistency throughout the holiday season. For me, it starts Thanksgiving Day, when I wake up and make a few calls to thank the people who made great personal sacrifices to ensure that I turned out to be a half-decent human being. And then, in mid-December, I write three checks to causes I believe to be supremely worth-while. 
A fellow from India writes: “
