http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/01/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/ A sustainable news site on the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/01/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/#comment-171 Electric Car Grid Project On its Way? « Green Prophet Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:39:34 +0000 http://70.47.232.211/~karink/?p=832#comment-171 [...] post about the tax benefits for electric car owners made the point that the improvement would only [...] [...] post about the tax benefits for electric car owners made the point that the improvement would only [...]

]]> http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/01/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/#comment-170 anna weltman Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:10:54 +0000 http://70.47.232.211/~karink/?p=832#comment-170 This is deja-news....so it was when the green cars started making the scene in North America in a big way about 5 years ago. Still hard for the not-as-wealthy to afford one, and so they hang on another year to their old, depleted, gas-guzzling, smog-spewing junkers. There was a lot of advocacy towards making the new cars accessible to all; but just look at the sad stats on how many 'regular folks' actually own and drive one! Can the clean car ever become as commonplace as say, the rooftop solar panels that heat water in most peoples' homes? Let's hope! This is deja-news….so it was when the green cars started making the scene in North America in a big way about 5 years ago. Still hard for the not-as-wealthy to afford one, and so they hang on another year to their old, depleted, gas-guzzling, smog-spewing junkers.
There was a lot of advocacy towards making the new cars accessible to all; but just look at the sad stats on how many ‘regular folks’ actually own and drive one!
Can the clean car ever become as commonplace as say, the rooftop solar panels that heat water in most peoples’ homes? Let’s hope!

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