Comments on: Eco practices abroad

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:36:59 +0000

I am eager to buy a diesel car when we return to Canada. We’ve had one here iin Norway for the past 10 months and it’s been great. I’d say it is actually as much as 50% more efficient, at least when I compare with the vehicle I was driving in Canada.

So I’ve been on the net looking for a new car in Canada…and I cannot find a decent diesel run car! It isn’t possible! How ridiculous is that? Clearly these makers make disel cars in other parts of the world, but they don’t sell them in Canada (or the US, I suspect).

Gah!

I’ve heard that there are some coming out this fall, from VW among others, so I will wait until then and see what happens…

Great post, Recycla!

Heidi

By: Sean Tubbs

Sean Tubbs — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:34:57 +0000

On toilets, you could add that most new toilets in homes and hotels have the two different buttons for two different, uh, styles of flushing.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:59:14 +0000

Guider, you’re right, I forgot all about your nifty carbon emissions meter! That was so incredibly cool and now my husband wants one.

By: The Guider

The Guider — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:36:01 +0000

Hmm – gas pricing is all about taxation for the Treasury (80% of the cost) and not lowering emissions, sadly. I guess that is a good side effect but it doesn’t feel that way – at £1.19 a litre to put diesel in my car I have actually had to delay filling up this week!

Public transport is good in the major cities but not fab elsewhere. It’s very easy to go north to south but not easy at all to go east to west.

And I am not very fit, but I accept that Brits as a whole are fitter than North Americans.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:22:55 +0000

I admire their fortitude in saving energy–their gas pricing and their commitment to public transportation is incredibly effective at lowering emissions–and keeping Brits much more fit than their neighbors across the Atlantic!

By: The Guider

The Guider — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:03:05 +0000

Am wounded that my carbon emission monitor didn’t make the grade!

And we have our fair share of irritatingly useless food packaging, trust me.

By: TGIF « Jen on the Edge

TGIF « Jen on the Edge — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:20:31 +0000

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