On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:58:48 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , Andy Hall
writes
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:46:50 -0000, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


Usually the MPV, which does make environmental sense when carrying kids and
lots of people.

I have a neighbour with a very expensive 4x4. he justifies it saying it is
environmentally friendly as it only does 2,000 miles a year. I told him to
get a cardboard cut-out and put that next to his house.



Why does he need to justify it? If he can a) afford to run it, b) it
does the job he wants to do and c) he likes it, then that's it.

I think that an increasing number of people are coming to the conclusion
that the above arguments are becoming unacceptable

That's fine, but is something that can probably only be addressed by
various forms of taxation to adjust the affordability.

If it really is a problem, then moral pressure from neighbours (or
anybody else) is not going to be all that effective to make changes.

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..andy