Comments on: Coming to a city near you, "no car washes outside your OWN house"

By: chad

chad — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:06:12 +0000

@LUIS

my point exactly ;)

Think about the 0 trans fat movement…. Cali outlawed trans fat… 3 days later everything in the damn market had a huge label (0 trans fat)… I would imagine the soap market for consumer car washing would be much the same… esspecially with the “Green” fad going around right now… it’s like an Atkins Diet for the enviorment.

By: Luis C.

Luis C. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:34:36 +0000

As if cops don’t have anything more productive to do than to be on the look-out for those evil car washers…I would think they should be targeting the manufacturers of car wash soap with those types of damaging chemicals.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:23:45 +0000

Seems like the real issue is adding toxic soap to the environment, more than wasting water in most circumstances.

Towards the end of the WSJ article, there’s a solution, which is a special environmentally-friendly cleaner that you buff the car with. Then there’s no soap–or extra pollutants from the muck on your car–going down the drain. It takes more time to use, but my feeling is that if you’re out on the street washing your car, you’ve got time to spare anyhow!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:29:20 +0000

This is not such a bad idea. Are we Americans not going to make any personal sacrifices for the environment? God knows what we are going to do when the economy forces us, perhaps someday soon, to make sacrifices for lack of fuel, like carpool instead of driving an SUV with one person in it. I fear we are spoiled beyond redemption.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:13:10 +0000

Sorry, I worked for an adhesives company for 5 years. They were continually cited for excessive chemical waste going into Mill Creek, which dumped into the OH River.

A few car washes, versus industrial pollution? Please.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:58:32 +0000

I use quick washes, as they are good enough for just that…a quick wash. You need to hand wash your car every so often to really get it clean. Are the governments going to compensate car owner’s for when then value of their cars are lower than they should be because the exterior has fallen apart?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:56:54 +0000

And this is worse than the vast majority of other crap being spewed everywhere else? Quick, someone hand me a plastic bag! I need to cover my car’s tailpipe because it’s polluting the atmosphere!

Why not attack pollution where it’s most likely to cause positive change: corporations.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:02:35 +0000

Where does all that dirt on your car come from? The Road Right.
And what happens when it rains? All that dirt and grime gets washed into the river system anyway.
Go Figure

By: oneighturbo

oneighturbo — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:52:33 +0000

I’d like to ask a question…

If you were buying car wash/soap and saw a bottle that was (not rammed down your throat cheesy al gore labled) “environmentally safe” vs. a Meguiars etc touting nothing about “safe”…

would you be more inclined to buy it?

By: John

John — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:24:19 +0000

this goes under the same category as “divorce is bad for the environment”