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Why used cars cost more to drive than new cars (and other uncommon personal finance advice) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Used cars versus new cars: which is cheaper to drive? Here's a financial reality that may surprise you: it's actually far cheaper to drive a well-built new car than to drive an old car that requires ongoing maintenance. One of the things I've noticed in looking at the vehicles people drive is that those who have serious money problems tend to drive run-down cars. And that's not surprising, but what is a shocker is that these people would actually save money if they drove well-built new cars. Let me explain. An old car is actually more expensive to drive than a new car.

The second thing to consider is the value of your life and safety, since new cars have much better safety features. They have better airbags and restraint systems, better crumple zones and better road handling for dangerous conditions such as icy or wet roads. You'll be much safer in a newer car, no question about it. You might think you're safer in an old Chevy, but in reality, these cars are far more likely to lose control, and they weren't designed with the same sort of crumple zones and restraint systems as today's smaller, lighter and more technologically advanced cars.

And that's not surprising, but what is a shocker is that these people would actually save money if they drove well-built new cars. Let me explain. An old car is actually more expensive to drive than a new car. If it is sufficiently old, then it's a car that has high maintenance costs. Maybe the alternator goes out and requires a couple of hundred dollars to repair. Maybe the power windows stop working. There's another $300. It's always one thing after another with old cars. You're always replacing parts and taking it on the chin in terms of the labor expense you pay to the car repair shops.

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith See book keywords and concepts

These are among the same toxins found in new cars, giving them that plasticky (and quintessential) "new car" smell. VOCs, which include chemicals such as acetate, ethanol, and formaldehyde, have been found to have toxic effects, even at low doses. Many are suspected carcinogens. These chemically unstable compounds vaporize (turn to gas) readily and may combine with other chemicals to create compounds that can cause toxic reactions when inhaled or absorbed through the skin.

The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention Dawson Church See book keywords and concepts

The piezoelectric principle is used today in thousands of advanced applications, including echo-locating units in some new cars that sense the distance between the front bumper and an approaching object, and can sound a proximity warning alarm. So what are gas grills, car electronics, and Indian rattles doing in a book about the link between consciousness and your cells?

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith See book keywords and concepts

The air inside new cars may contain some of the highest levels of vinyl chloride, which is used in the manufacture of automobile interiors. At room temperature, vinyl chloride releases dioxins in the air to produce that characteristic "new car" smell. Vinyl chloride, which is thought to be the most troubling kind of plastic from a health perspective, is also found in the discharge of exhaust gases from factories that manufacture or process vinyl chloride, or evaporation from areas where chemical wastes are stored.

What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You Ray D. Strand See book keywords and concepts

Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music combined.5 All of these factors mean free radicals are more active and damaging than ever. Nutritional medicine, supplementing our diet with vital antioxidant vitamins and minerals, is the only means we have to supercharge our body's natural defense and immune system.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Americans spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined," Eric Schlosser reveals in Fast Food Nation. What's more, in almost all cases, as noted earlier, all this dining out means people also are unknowingly putting into their bodies processed foods often pumped with hidden sugars. "People are consuming products that they wouldn't even dream have sugar in them," says food scientist Russ Bianchi.

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Perhaps to the disappointment of your sniffer, it's best to air out new cars. Don't store any old chemicals, like paint, that contain toluene, a potent reproductive toxin. Buy what you need, then get rid of it when you've finished your project. ON PORCH Reduce exposure to charred meats, which have PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). Marinating your meat, chicken, and fish for fifteen minutes beforehand in a vinegar and olive oil mix reduces the danger by over 90 percent. Citronella is as effective as the neurotoxins often used as insect repellents. You can find more at www.RealAge.com.

Empower yourself in 3 minutes a day: An introduction to indy media, NewsTarget.com and the online information revolution Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Shaped news serves commercial interests at your expense It's why people believe they need new cars, homes and accessories they can't even afford, or why they fall for every financial scam that comes along, from the dot-com boom (and bust) to the current housing bubble that will inevitably burst and wipe out billions of dollars in real estate equity that people are banking on to support their spendy lifestyles.

If the auto industry operated like Big Pharma: fifteen things you might notice Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Instead of teaching people how to avoid accidents or repair damaged cars, automakers would encourage people to keep buying new cars. Explanation: organized medicine doesn't teach healthy safety or disease prevention. Instead, the entire system is designed around waiting for people to get sick, then treating them with expensive drugs, surgeries and other medical procedures. The system actually encourages chronic illness by neglecting to teach prevention. 11. Companies would make up new reasons why you need more automobiles, hoping to convince you to buy a dozen or more.

Book review: Rome Wasn't Burnt In A Day by Joe Scarborough Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They continue to buy new homes, new cars, and new consumer products at a pace that, frankly, they cannot afford. This mindset, which is prevalent in US households, also drives federal financial policy -- it is a reflection of the population's appetite for consumption coupled with ignorance of fiscal repercussions. Even well-meaning politicians, it turns out, can do very little about the situation, because if they don't give handouts to the electorate, they will be voted out of office.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

Environmentalists call for the government to raise the fuel economy standard for new cars from the current 26.5 to 48 mpg and for new trucks from 19.5 to 33 mpg by the year 2000. This action would save more than five times as much oil as the Interior Department says might be found in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The Natural Resources Defense Council calculates that if new cars average 48 mpg and new trucks 33 mpg by the year 2000, U.S. C02 emissions could be reduced by 4 to 5 percent. The Alza Corporation of Palo Alto, California pays its employees $1 for each day they bicycle to work.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Both the Environmental Protection Agency and Consumers Union report yearly on the fuel efficiency of new cars. When you buy a used car, go to the library and look up the mileage ratings in publications from past years. • Buy a used or restored car. There are many serviceable and relatively fuel-efficient used cars available. Manufacturing new cars requires a tremendous amount of energy and resources. • Drive safely. Lower speeds, slower starts, and gradual accelerations improve fuel economy. Driving fifty miles per hour uses 8.1 percent more fuel than driving forty miles per hour.

Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Peter Radetsky See book keywords and concepts

These boys are the summer house we were going to buy in North Carolina, our new cars, our summer vacations. Our accountant looks at our bills and gets hysterical laughing." All of it — the surgery, the immune boosters, the rotation diets, the vitamin and mineral supplementation, the immunotherapy shots, the avoidance — all of it is aimed at one overriding goal: to help patients better handle the stress visited upon them by the environment. "Think of a patient as a rain barrel," says Ross. "The water in the barrel is the total load of environmental pollutants that the body must cope with.

Earth Right H. Patricia Hynes See book keywords and concepts

The Natural Resources Defense Council calculates that if new cars average 48 mpg and new trucks 33 mpg by the year 2000, U.S. C02 emissions could be reduced by 4 to 5 percent. The Alza Corporation of Palo Alto, California pays its employees $1 for each day they bicycle to work. Twenty percent of the Xerox Corporation employees bike to work in Palo Alto. The company offers a towel service in the office shower room for bicyclists.

Prevention's Healing With Vitamins : The Most Effective Vitamin and Mineral Treatments for Everyday Health Problems and Serious Disease The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books See book keywords and concepts

Ocan the shelves in your local health food store, and you may see more forms and brands of vitamin C than new cars at a dealership. But don't worry about which one to buy. At least one study shows that it doesn't seem to matter. Whether the vitamin C is top of the line or bargain basement, the amount that your body uses is the same. "I compared ones that are expensive with those that are dirt cheap—two bucks a bottle—and there was no difference," says Dr. Johnston. "In other words, additives like rose hips, manipulation like buffering and cost didn't have any impact on bioavailability.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

A good example of this effect occurs in new cars. That new-car smell is caused by the outgassing of the plastic materials used in the interior of the car. As well as smelling it, you can see it in the scum that forms on the inside of the windshield. In a study done by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, polyester was found to be the synthetic material that released the most fumes. Acrylonitrile * (Lucite/Plexiglas) is a suspected human carcinogen.

Manufacturing new cars requires a tremendous amount of energy and resources. • Drive safely. Lower speeds, slower starts, and gradual accelerations improve fuel economy. Driving fifty miles per hour uses 8.1 percent more fuel than driving forty miles per hour. At sixty miles per hour, you use 11.3 percent more, and at seventy miles per hour another 17.3 percent. • Maintain your automobile properly to increase fuel efficiency. Have regular tune-ups, keep adequate tire pressure, and change the oil frequently. At the Store/By Mail CAM2 Motor Oil (CAM2 Oil Products Company). Recycled motor oil.

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