Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler So what did you do for Earth Day?

Earth is going to be just fine... it's the human race that needs to take care of itself if they want to carry on living on Earth.

Really? Thanks, I feel much better now.

I didn't do anything special for Earth Day, so it was about the same as any other holiday for me. I don't own an evil vehicle, though, if that counts for anything. It used to be the mark of a loser, but now I get as much mileage (ha ha) out of not driving as I can. I pretend it's a matter of conviction, not that I'd rather spend my money on HT stuff.

Hey, that was just Dan's clever way of saying you're Jack's contemporary.

Absolutely. That's about the same percentage difference as me keeping the tach below 3000 RPM as opposed to below 6000 RPM. On my 54 mile round trip on a 340 HP V8 I figure I saved a good half gallon of petrol.
Now then, when gas was $4/gal, I tried really hard to keep it below 2200 RPM. I was getting 22-23 MPG in a C300 with a HEMI.

Scott

You wouldn't necessarily think it, but motorcycles actually pollute far more than cars. The average motorcycle releases 10 times more pollutants into the air than the average car. So unless you're using 10 times less fuel than a car over a given distance, you'd actually do the Earth a bigger favor in your car.

For every 'Ying' there is a 'Yang'.

There is no Ying (unless you're a rapper.)

Regarding pollution and motorcycles, I recall there was an article in the Toronto Star a few months ago and they made mention of the fact that they were really bad for pollutants, the worst I believe were those scooters...I think they said they were actually about 15 to 20 times worse than cars/trucks/suvs per mile mainly due to the fact(here anyway) that they weren't subject to the much more stringent requirements put on autos.