Comments on: The Car of the Future: Beyond Energy and Emissions http://inhabitat.com/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Recessions. Fire sales. Sanity. Politicians. Nowtopias. The future. Cars. Terrorists. Pundits. « social dynamite http://inhabitat.com/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-102031 Recessions. Fire sales. Sanity. Politicians. Nowtopias. The future. Cars. Terrorists. Pundits. « social dynamite Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:55:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/16/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/#comment-102031 [...] and WHOA there’s THIS about the future of cars at inhabitat! [...] [...] and WHOA there’s THIS about the future of cars at inhabitat! [...]

]]> By: Steve N. Lee http://inhabitat.com/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-101202 Steve N. Lee Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:44:13 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/16/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/#comment-101202 Yes, cradle to the grave thinking is needed (but not only with regards to cars). I recently read about Volkswagen's new 'bluemotion' polo which gets 74mpg. In the accompanying bumpf it said they're currently building plants which will enable them to recover 95% of the materials for reuse/recycling. That's fantastic, if it's true. Makes you want to know why everything can't be manufactured in that way. But then we all know the simple answer to that, don't we? Profit! It costs a lot to redesign, retool, re-engineer. Sadly, most manufacturers don't see the 'profit' in looking after the planet. Yet. Let's hope that situation changes in the not too distant future. Steve N. Lee author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com and suspense thriller 'What if...?' Yes, cradle to the grave thinking is needed (but not only with regards to cars).

I recently read about Volkswagen’s new ‘bluemotion’ polo which gets 74mpg. In the accompanying bumpf it said they’re currently building plants which will enable them to recover 95% of the materials for reuse/recycling.

That’s fantastic, if it’s true. Makes you want to know why everything can’t be manufactured in that way. But then we all know the simple answer to that, don’t we? Profit! It costs a lot to redesign, retool, re-engineer. Sadly, most manufacturers don’t see the ‘profit’ in looking after the planet. Yet.

Let’s hope that situation changes in the not too distant future.

Steve N. Lee
author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com
and suspense thriller ‘What if…?’

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