Saturn Flextreme Hybrid
The best advice on this wintry day is, stay away from your vehicle. What may be the biggest snowstorm of the season is well underway and driving is treacherous.
What better day to mention the recent auto show in Detroit. The reports from the show point out that automakers are trying to go in two directions at once. There were plenty of high performance vehicles for those who are addicted to power and don't care about the cost of fuel.
At the same time, all of the producers are venturing into cars and trucks and SUV's that are more fuel-efficient and using different technologies. Obviously car manufacturers want to make healthy profits and if luring us toward big and expensive cars and trucks works they will nudge us in that direction.
But when governments mandate greater fuel efficiency and consumers demand it they will be responsive.
Once again we need the reminder that what we drive is a spiritual issue, as well as an environmental one. There are no specific biblical references directing our car purchases but we are told to tend the earth with care. Because God is the Creator and we have been given a responsibility for stewardship of creation we will pay attention to where the rubber meets the road.
What better day to mention the recent auto show in Detroit. The reports from the show point out that automakers are trying to go in two directions at once. There were plenty of high performance vehicles for those who are addicted to power and don't care about the cost of fuel.
At the same time, all of the producers are venturing into cars and trucks and SUV's that are more fuel-efficient and using different technologies. Obviously car manufacturers want to make healthy profits and if luring us toward big and expensive cars and trucks works they will nudge us in that direction.
But when governments mandate greater fuel efficiency and consumers demand it they will be responsive.
Once again we need the reminder that what we drive is a spiritual issue, as well as an environmental one. There are no specific biblical references directing our car purchases but we are told to tend the earth with care. Because God is the Creator and we have been given a responsibility for stewardship of creation we will pay attention to where the rubber meets the road.
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