Hi guys, welcome back to my blog.

Sincerely, I have not been too inspired lately about what to write. However, scrolling through Instagram I found something interesting to share with you.

Some sports events attract the attention of lots of viewers worldwide. The most popular event, more than Superbowl and Champions League final are the Olympic Games. The next Olympic Games will be held by the Japanese city of Tokyo in the summer of 2020.

The thing that draws my attention is the new initiative that the Tokyo Organizing Committee has. As we all know, there are three types of medals given to the athletes: gold for first, silver for second and bronze for the third. This won’t change. What will change is that all the medals that will be won by athletes in Tokyo will be made from recycled metallic parts from discarded electronic devices. In total, 5000 medals will be manufactured from reused metals.

The project involves citizen participation as the electronic devices will be provided by the Japanese population. The recollection started in April 2017 and so far the organizers can assure that there is enough metal to manufacture the desired number of medals. The following picture shows us the amount of metal collected by October 2018.

The recollection will finish on March the 31st successfully collecting all the materials needed to pursue the project objectives.

The initiative will have high notoriety and will encourage more similar initiatives for not only future Olympic Games but also for other competitions. In the following link, you can find the promotional video made the Organizing Committee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suzi_McCdPE&feature=youtu.be  

After a week of inactivity, I’m back with more sustainable initiatives!

This post is about the great advantages of owning an electric car over the traditional gasoline or diesel vehicles.

Automotive companies are heavily investing in achieving high-performance electric cars having Tesla as their referent market leader. Tesla targets a segment of the market that has high-income rates, are environmentally friendly and are interested in new technologies.

Not all electric cars are as expensive as a Tesla, as I said Tesla is the market leader being able to charge a high price for their cars due to the willingness of customers to pay high prices for exclusivity. Japanese cars have been developing electric cars for several years, achieving better results in aspects of the use of energy, achieving larger autonomy.

It is true that electric cars have a higher selling price than combustion engine cars. However, in the long term driving an electric has many advantages for car users:

-Reduces CO2 emissions and carbon footprint.

-Electricity is cheaper than petrol.

In regions like Catalonia for example, there are many tolls roads and to park in the city all the places have to pay for the minute, adding up to big quantities for every hour. Why am I saying this? Related to a previous blog post, many initiatives are been created in Spain to regulate the use of gas-powered vehicles. By owning an electric car, toll prices are reduced by 30% providing a significant money safe at the end of the year.

Additionally, electric cars don’t pay any parking fees when parking in Blue and Green zone (paying parking zones) which represents a great safe of money.

To finish, when a car is bought, there are two taxes associated to the transaction: circulation tax and license plate tax. Electric cars owners save up to 75% of the circulation tax and are exempt from paying the license plate tax. Adding up all the savings, maybe it is that of a bad option to buy an electric car, isn’t it?