http://greenprophet.com/2008/01/13/86/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/ Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://greenprophet.com/2008/01/13/86/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/#comment-112 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-112 [...] 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://greenprophet.com/2008/01/13/86/can-only-the-rich-save-our-planet/#comment-111 anna weltman Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:10:54 +0000 http://70.47.232.211/~karink/?p=832#comment-111 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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