Wreck Auto Part


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Wreck Auto Part

Wreck Auto Part

When you think of the American Automobile Association, what images come to mind? Maybe grandfatherly guys in sweaters, handing out maps and providing jumper cables...Well, roadside assistance obviously is a big part of AAA, but what many don't know is that another major element of the AAA agenda is lobbying in Washington. Lobbying for what? More highways (and the sprawl that goes hand-and-hand with them), less fuel efficiency, and other anti-environment, pro-auto related legislation (Sierra Club, 2003). The environmentally aware car owner does have a better option, however. Better World Club offers everything that AAA does, albeit from a "green" standpoint.

Tom and Ray, NPR's Car Talk commentators, have noted the striking difference between the Better World Club and AAA, saying that they "like Better World Club because, unlike AAA, it doesn't use your membership money to lobby for roadways and against mass transit." The NPR Car Talk guys have long been trustworthy resources for all things automobile related; this endorsement is valid. Mitchell Rofsky, the President of Better World Club, sat down in Southern California to talk with Suite 101 about his green automobile club.

Suite 101: Explain, please, how Better World Club is different from AAA.