Your Questions About Green Living

Eco-Friendly Cars?

can anyone give me two different but really good reasons why cars should be made eco friendly?

Eco-friendly cars and kids??!?

I have recently found out that it is hard to fit rear-facing car seats into the back of almost all compact and even slightly larger cars. This just outrages me. I want a compact, eco–friendly (as friendly as they get anyway) car, and I find it outrageous that in order to fit a car seat into the back, the front seats will have to be pushed up to an uncomfortable and possibly unsafe position. On average, no adults sit in the backseats of cars, so what is the point in even having a back seat if you can’t fit kid seats into them? I am interested in the VW Golf or Jetta TDI, but might consider a Prius, and I have found people complaining about fitting car seats into all of these. Anyone have experience with rear-facing car seats and compact cars? I think it is outrageous that you have to buy a minivan or SUV just to have a 10-pound baby in the back!

do car manufacturers really support eco-friendly vehicls?

Are they really for green vehicles? or is it really for Public Relations purposes? ‘Cause if you think about it, if they developed this technology then sales would go to the eco–friendly cars rather than their petrol cars.

Could you please answer these interview questions regarding eco-friendly car market?

I am currently studying Marketing in A Level Business Studies. As part of our primary research, would you kindly be able to answer the following interview questions?

What is your civil status? & Do you have any children?

Do you have a car? If yes, then is it regular or eco–friendly?

For which purposes do/would you use your car? Work/weekends/family etc.

Would you consider yourself to be environmentally friendly? If yes why?

What factors do you consider to be the most important when purchasing a car and why e.g. design, security, price?

Which information sources affect your awareness concerning environmental friendly cars?

How much will you be willing to spend on an eco–friendly car that fulfils both your desires and requirements?

Are you aware of the of the economical advantages regarding eco–friendly cars? If yes, how important do you find them when purchasing an environmentally friendly car?

Would you be able to describe your dream eco–friendly car? (brand, model, features etc.)

What are your personal views of the eco–friendly car market?

Thank you in advance(:

Are eco friendly cars currently just a cop out?

Before anyone jumps on my back I’m all for saving the environment – I don’t even own a car – but surely the focus should be on getting (or forcing) people to be less dependant on their vehicles? Obviously sometimes it is necessary to drive, but I bet a hell of a lot of car journeys could be avoided – I see lot’s of people going down the local shop in their car that they could easily walk to.

Strikes me that more eco friendly cars will let them justify it.
Badger, no I don’t live in ‘the’ city, or a city. I live on the outskirts of a cotswold town. Not denying it’s a good idea, my point was about people thinking it offsets unnecessary use as they’re ‘eco‘ friendly.