I was thinking last night that car companies are forever producing new vehicles. What got me thinking was the amount of car commercials there are on television and in magazines.

Honestly, we have too many cars. People are stuck on upgrading to a new car every so often. They all require natural resources using up metal, fossil fuels, and then the things like the batteries and tyres.

Car consumption rates and the disposability of cars is an environmental disaster. And I balme the streamlined process of them these days in asia, new cars that cost less than $20,000 aren't things you'd take care of the same way you would a $100,000 car. I think this needs to change, and car companies don't deserve praise for tuning into the flavour of the month and producing 'eco' cars. It's replacing something you already have with a brand new automobile.

no shit.

that's how they make money.
they are too big to tackle.
it's like the tobacco companies.


car manufactures' marketing convince people that we need newer/better cars with ' unprecedented breakthroughs in automotive technology'

I was thinking rather how people are recieving mixed messages. Every other thing I see on TV talks about the state of the Planet...Cut to Commercial "BUY THIS CAR".

They are part of the problem. You mentioned Tobacco companies. Their advertising is banned because of the bad state of health that they cause. Cars are no different, why are they allowed to advertise?

Some people eh?