[Wylug-discuss] CRT's

Shaun Laughey shaun at laughey.com
Thu Jun 21 13:25:24 BST 2007


Smylers wisely espoused:
> 
> Re-using an existing item (where the energy cost of manufacture and
> tranport has already beens sunk) is often environmentally better than
> disposing of it and buying a new replacement.  I'm not saying it
> necessarily is in this case -- I don't know the answers to the
> questions I pose above.
> 

My excuse for keeping my BMW for the last 10 years even after becoming a
vegan environmentalist (I don't drive much - it did 4 miles last year
and 400 the year before) and disposing of it would waste all that energy
in manufacture.

Shaun Laughey.




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