What's the problem???

[nosubstitute]

I have two cars. One a petrol V8, the other a 4x4 with a 3.0 diesel. Both occupy the highest rate tax bracket.

The petrol V8 does 4000 miles a year. The diesel around 6000 miles a year.

The 'tree hugger' in the family implies I am helping to ruin the planet...


Why can't people just live and let live. I like my cars!

[james28]

Just one one of squeezing every last penny out of the motorist.

[randlemarcus]

Ask the tree-hugger how much tax she paid last year, and how much of that has gone to ridiculous government schemes like windpower.

[Iain XR4i]

Why not compare your total emissions from two polluting cars but with low mileage against the environmentalist's total. It doesn't take a lot of extra miles in a borebox to match or exceed your contribution.

[BorkFactor]

Tell the tree hugger that to manufacture a new car (use a Prius as an example) will use more energy than it would take to run one of your cars for a very, very long time.

I like that logic

[832ark]

Tell her to go fk herself

[martin84]

Also ask them if they know only 20% of the UK's man-made co2 emissions is from road travel. Then ask if they knows the UK only makes up 2% of the World's total man-made co2 emissions and then ask them to calculate exactly how much your 10,000 miles contributes to that.

Then tell him/her to shut up

[nosubstitute]

The 'tree hugger' is a bloke.....shock!

I just find the whole thing rather irritating quite frankly.

How do these people think their food gets to the supermarket?

[knight]

You need one of these to upset the tree hugger even more

http://pistonheads.shotdeadinthehead.com/product_v...

[matthias73]

I had one of these tell me I was a barstard for not cycling to work.

I showed her my annual mileage and calculated how much bad stuff I am responsible for, compared to a flight she took to america. That shut her up.

I didn't mention I fly abroad 5 or more times a year, of course.

[LuS1fer]

Easily dealt with:

[JB434]

You should be ashamed of yourself!
It's obviously your duty to drive the most boring eco-box you can buy brand new from the dealer!
Nevermind the fact that the UK's cars as a whole have pretty much no effect on the climate.

[LuS1fer]

JB434 said:

You should be ashamed of yourself!
It's obviously your duty to drive the most boring eco-box you can buy brand new from the dealer!
Nevermind the fact that the UK'sworld's cars as a whole have pretty much no effect on the climate.

EFA

[veryRS]

Think of the Children!!!