Comments on: Jeep Inc: The All-Green, All-American Car Company? http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/ Independent Reviews of Green Products Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:02:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave G http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Dave G Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:20:09 +0000 http://greengear.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-867 ALSO, Mr Bill I believe the core of the authors topic here is that the Jeep brand in it's heritage, and loyalty can do the most for the Chrysler co in regards to showcasing them as a 'green' leader. They should start with further research into the TJ Wrangler and its small footprint, promote that through media and scale the Jeep lineup to reflect the TJ wrangler. IMO they should go as far as to dump the current POS behemoth wrangler and just refresh the old TJ with more sustainable materials and give it the much deserved clean diesel. STop trying to reinvent the wheel and just lighten up the current one. @Tweaker17.....how much do you offroad? How many Jeep clubs have you joined? Because I can tell you from experience that the Jeep crowd has been and is more eco friendly then your green spouting hollywood morons will ever DREAM of being. MAny many Jeep clubs set up trail runs with the sole purpose of cleaning the environment, when was the last time you got off your fat ass and picked up a piece of trash, or better yet drove out into the woods where your Insight cant even make it to just to pick up trash and clean. I am amazed at the amount of sheer stupidity that runs amuck in America. ALSO, Mr Bill I believe the core of the authors topic here is that the Jeep brand in it’s heritage, and loyalty can do the most for the Chrysler co in regards to showcasing them as a ‘green’ leader. They should start with further research into the TJ Wrangler and its small footprint, promote that through media and scale the Jeep lineup to reflect the TJ wrangler. IMO they should go as far as to dump the current POS behemoth wrangler and just refresh the old TJ with more sustainable materials and give it the much deserved clean diesel. STop trying to reinvent the wheel and just lighten up the current one.

@Tweaker17…..how much do you offroad? How many Jeep clubs have you joined? Because I can tell you from experience that the Jeep crowd has been and is more eco friendly then your green spouting hollywood morons will ever DREAM of being. MAny many Jeep clubs set up trail runs with the sole purpose of cleaning the environment, when was the last time you got off your fat ass and picked up a piece of trash, or better yet drove out into the woods where your Insight cant even make it to just to pick up trash and clean.

I am amazed at the amount of sheer stupidity that runs amuck in America.

]]> By: DAve G http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/comment-page-1/#comment-866 DAve G Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:12:59 +0000 http://greengear.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-866 @Bill Smith... The Jeep wrangler TJ, one of his current 'LOW MPG cars' has the smallest eco footprint of any vehicle produced in north America. Secondly, the REAL pollutants humans are soiling the earth with are the waste products from the crap we consume. The CO2 emissions and such count for less then a % of what the planet creates normally. This whole green we are killing the plantet thing has more to do with business and social status then it does with actually leaving a small carbon footprint. Carbon BTW is what all life forms are made of. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html Read that and be enlightened and stop being one of the retarded lemming masses that cant thing and only follow. @Bill Smith…

The Jeep wrangler TJ, one of his current ‘LOW MPG cars’ has the smallest eco footprint of any vehicle produced in north America.
Secondly, the REAL pollutants humans are soiling the earth with are the waste products from the crap we consume. The CO2 emissions and such count for less then a % of what the planet creates normally. This whole green we are killing the plantet thing has more to do with business and social status then it does with actually leaving a small carbon footprint. Carbon BTW is what all life forms are made of.
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html
Read that and be enlightened and stop being one of the retarded lemming masses that cant thing and only follow.

]]> By: Bill Smith http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Bill Smith Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:31:02 +0000 http://greengear.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-564 I stumbled upon your website while researching bota box wine. A green web site run by a guy with 3 very low mpg cars? That's is a hoot. If you can't "sacrafice" in the place that makes the biggest impact in your daily footprint, what does that say? And, you are reviewing wine and referring to the varietals as flavors? Don't quit your day job. You obviously are in no position to review wine and barely seem to know much about the technology used in the packaging or it's carbon footprint. If you want people to take the reviews seriously, do some research on the subject matter and I'd rethink those sweatshirt hoodies you favor, not to mention the setting of your videos. Good luck! I stumbled upon your website while researching bota box wine. A green web site run by a guy with 3 very low mpg cars? That’s is a hoot. If you can’t “sacrafice” in the place that makes the biggest impact in your daily footprint, what does that say? And, you are reviewing wine and referring to the varietals as flavors? Don’t quit your day job. You obviously are in no position to review wine and barely seem to know much about the technology used in the packaging or it’s carbon footprint. If you want people to take the reviews seriously, do some research on the subject matter and I’d rethink those sweatshirt hoodies you favor, not to mention the setting of your videos. Good luck!

]]> By: Tweaker17 http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Tweaker17 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:09:47 +0000 http://greengear.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-121 At $4.10 a gallon of gas, it will become cheaper to run my jeep on e85 here in Texas with our current price spread. When gas crosses $4.00, I will purchase a conversion kit and switch fuels. There are two things that are evident: Chrysler has no interest in "greening" Jeeps or they would have done so already. This is because their "chosen" market demographics could care less. Also the EPA, while meaning to do good, hampers diesel developments with very stringent emissions regulations and with no "perceived" market demand, Chrysler has not been interested in developing one for the US market. So that leaves the green Jeep market to the Jeep community to develop a new product. What I propose is this: first, stop buying new Jeeps unless they come out with a diesel or e85 version. Find an older Jeep and restore it and convert it to E85 technology. One way to decrease a carbon footprint is to not buy a new Jeep...especially since the Jeep designers seem to be sitting there trying to make it look like a Hummer anyhow. There are isolated incidents of people converting Jeeps to run on diesel but there isn't a standard package available yet. So lets get together as a community and do it. What do you need to do it? Where can we get it done? What are the legalities? Google soon for a Jeep Wrangler conversion page. If the initial one is successful, I plan to build out more and sell them thru Ebay motors, eventually selling ones retrofitted for diesel engines. We don't really need Chrysler for this and if the market develops, then the btards at Chrysler may wake up and "play that most American of games.....catch up." At $4.10 a gallon of gas, it will become cheaper to run my jeep on e85 here in Texas with our current price spread. When gas crosses $4.00, I will purchase a conversion kit and switch fuels.
There are two things that are evident: Chrysler has no interest in “greening” Jeeps or they would have done so already. This is because their “chosen” market demographics could care less. Also the EPA, while meaning to do good, hampers diesel developments with very stringent emissions regulations and with no “perceived” market demand, Chrysler has not been interested in developing one for the US market.
So that leaves the green Jeep market to the Jeep community to develop a new product. What I propose is this: first, stop buying new Jeeps unless they come out with a diesel or e85 version. Find an older Jeep and restore it and convert it to E85 technology. One way to decrease a carbon footprint is to not buy a new Jeep…especially since the Jeep designers seem to be sitting there trying to make it look like a Hummer anyhow.
There are isolated incidents of people converting Jeeps to run on diesel but there isn’t a standard package available yet. So lets get together as a community and do it. What do you need to do it? Where can we get it done? What are the legalities?
Google soon for a Jeep Wrangler conversion page. If the initial one is successful, I plan to build out more and sell them thru Ebay motors, eventually selling ones retrofitted for diesel engines.
We don’t really need Chrysler for this and if the market develops, then the btards at Chrysler may wake up and “play that most American of games…..catch up.”

]]> By: mona jones http://blog.greengear.info/2008/04/jeep-inc-the-all-green-all-american-car-company/comment-page-1/#comment-120 mona jones Wed, 28 May 2008 22:45:48 +0000 http://greengear.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-120 Why don't you forward this to the Chrysler people? The rugged, outdoor look of Jeep would be a snap to advertise if they could only tone down that thirsty engine. Why don’t you forward this to the Chrysler people? The rugged, outdoor look of Jeep would be a snap to advertise if they could only tone down that thirsty engine.

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