There has been some talk on Land Rover recently and what they are doing for the environment so I thought this thread may be interesting....
I have a 28 year old Series 3 Land Rover - beautiful it is too! I know it's a gas guzzler - does about 25 miles to the gallon we reckon (it's a diesel).
Now our Landy will run for another 28 years if looked after properly, so I reckon my carbon footprint from the use of that Landy over that period would potentially be similar to, or less than the carbon footprint of someone who bought a new shiny, but 'eco-friendly' car every few years (as so many people do), purely because the carbon footprint from manufacturing all those new shiny supposedly 'eco-friendly' cars will be huge.
Do people think it's better to keep an old vehicle for as long as possible thus reducing 'manufacturing' carbon footprint, or buy a new 'eco' car every few years and have a reduced carbon footprint from the actual driving of the vehicle?
Please be nice to me - I'm just curious because I know what the classic Land Rover community would say and was wondering what people on an environment forum thought!
. I guess I'm on both sides - hypocritical or not?