The wild food / living as cheaply as possible / occasional car blog
Saturday, 13 June 2009
The car scrappage scheme
What's the point of this? I can't believe it is ever 'greener' to scrap an older car in favour of a new one, given the carbon footprint of modern automated manufacturing methods.
Especially if classics like this (sadly not mine) are scrapped in favour of a Kia Picanto:
However I have heard of classic Moggys / Triumphs etc which would otherwise make interesting low-cost restoration projects being sacrificed to this madness.
There's something very satisfying about eating wild food.
The main point of it for me is to gather gourmet treats for free; however wild food also ticks the boxes for anyone concerned about food being local, seasonal, and the life it enjoyed.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, whichever way you look at it) what originally started as a hobby is becoming more of a necessity since as a result of the economic downturn I’m now living on a far lower income than I’m accustomed to.
Hence the need to live cheaply, so that limited resources can be put to the most fulfilling purpose: like sharing tasty food and wine with friends. Oh, and indulging my passion for the light-weight, hand-built British sports car :-)
I think it's more designed to get those sh1tbox escorts, talbots and peugot 309's off the road, rather than the classic pr0n to which you refer!
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
ReplyDeleteHowever I have heard of classic Moggys / Triumphs etc which would otherwise make interesting low-cost restoration projects being sacrificed to this madness.
Yup, in agreement with top comment as by coincidence a neighbour 'scrapped' an old Mk IV escort for a Kia... Ceed...? Her first ever new car.
ReplyDeleteThink you'd have to be insane to scrap any potential classic - TRs etc included - without first evaluating their classic car value...