Driving big cars and Ecotourism

Part of the tourism experience these days seems to be the adventure experience. Getting off the beaten track and going where nobody else goes. Hooking up the trailer to your 4x4 and driving off into the sunset in a cloud of smoke. Even some of the "so called" ecotourism holidays are based on a large vehicle in the middle of the desert or frozen wastes. All this is using up excessive fuel. But at the moment, it's a bit of a conundrum as you can't get to where you want to go without jumping into one of these gas guzzlers !!

The development of fuel efficient cars is moving at a fast pace - this has to be applauded. High carbon footprint vehicles should all be very heavily taxed to force users to think again. As an ecotourist, you may wish to consider whether what you a doing is the right thing to do for the environment.

Barack Obama - YES YES YES - as at today (May 2009) you have made a commitment that at some future deadline (not yet sure when !!) all new cars on US roads to use a minimum of 39 mpg and all new light trucks (whatever they turn out to be !!) to use a minimum of 30 mpg - FANTASTIC - YES

Driving big cars and Ecotourism - select the most fuel efficient

It is possible to travel from A to B in a vehicle with a smaller sized engine, so when you need to hire a vehicle, go for the smallest car and the most modern. Older cars are less fuel efficient. Older big engined cars are the most polluting. I hate to see those big old carburated engined vehicles on the road these days, when more efficient and less polluting fuel injected computer controlled engined cars are available.

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