I currently drive a ’01 Volvo wagon and get 19/22 mpg. My husband and I are researching greener choice cars and are stumped on which route to go. I want to reduce my gas consumption but we are also concerned about our human footprint; that dumping an older car for a new one may create additional waste and are also concerned about long term biohazard effects of alternative fuel/batteries on the environment.
BTW, we live in a rural mountainous are. Not a whole lot of alternative fuel choices.