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Old 15-12-2021, 08:25   #13
monkey hanger
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Re: The Cost Of Going Green?

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Originally Posted by entwisi View Post

in the quest for going green I have recently swapped my monstrous big old luxo barge for a nice 30 year old Merc.. now you might say surely that thing is sticking far more crap out the exhaust than a modern DPF/CAT fitted car but in total e2e life the fact that its still here and the resources ( hardly any plastic btw, all nice easily recycled metal and non of that rare earth stuff... good all pig iron ) means its far far less than any modern hybrid/EV could ever hope to be.
keep up the good work with your merc. love driving my no cat peugeot 309 and 405 diesels if only to pee the greenies off. anyway i can annoy these do gooding sods the better.
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