People who love the outdoors, who lead adventurous lifestyles and who love the sports and activities that go with them have to love nature. The two things go hand in hand.
If you’re a keen skydiver, mountaineer, skier, camper, walker, snow-boarder, mountain-biker or whatever else – well, you just couldn’t do these things without the natural environment so you have to love nature. Or if you can do them in a built environment, then it’s usually a ‘plastic’ / pale imitation of the real thing like an indoor jogging track or a climbing wall. These things have their place, but they just aren’t the real thing.
So what do you do in practice? Well I’m guessing that for the main part, you pack up your car, your 4×4, your truck, pick-up or whatever else you drive with whatever your necessary equipment is – and you head off to the hills right?
Well my argument is that we shouldn’t be doing this. And I’m as guilty as anyone else. But when I was walking recently, I got talking to a fellow hiker who explained to me the nature of global warming and the role of the car and the world’s ceaseless demand for oil in this process. And I felt a little guilty; something of a hypocrite.
So my suggestion is that we should all be driving eco cars of one kind or another – to help protect the environment we all love so much (whether directly or indirectly because it allows us to purse what we love).
The cheapest hybrid option around (I’m not ready for an electric car just yet due to the limited range) seems to be the Honda Insight. Brand new, they start at around £16,995, but there’ll be an ever-increasing number of used models round.
Whatever environmentally friendly vehicle you go for – you know it makes sense.