Comments on: The Car of the Future: Beyond Energy and Emissions http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/16/the-car-of-the-future-part-2/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Recessions. Fire sales. Sanity. Politicians. Nowtopias. The future. Cars. Terrorists. Pundits. « social dynamitehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/16/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. Leehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/16/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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