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Old 12-27-2006, 08:10 PM
Shining Arcanine Shining Arcanine is offline
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Default Re: NY Times- GM/Chrysler dual-mode full hybrid

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Originally Posted by xcel View Post
It is one thing to drive a Prius II because you want too. It is an entirely another matter to tell the rest of the country that a large, and heavy vehicle isn’t socially acceptable. You happen to be in the minority on this one. What has to become more socially acceptable is much smaller automobiles for the masses. Even with today’s dire warnings of impending Peak Oil and Global Warming, I still like the creature comforts and safety of a true mid-sized or larger automobile compared to a small one.
A few hundred years ago, British scientists were warning that if actions were not taken, the white race would cease to exist as a result of the colored people. A few decades, scientists were warning that in the future we would experience global freezing. Now some scientists are saying that we are causing the planet's temperatures to rise, while others say otherwise and are being censored. Posterity will not remember those individuals that identified the charlatans for what they really are, much like hundreds of years ago or more recently, a few decades ago.

I find large vehicles, such as those pickup trucks that rival the Hummer, to be disgusting, not because of any potential to cause global warming that they are conjectured to have, but because those vehicles increase the demand for oil, raising gasoline prices and obstruct my view of the road, hurting my fuel economy by cutting my ability to coast to red lights. I really like it when I see a Toyota Prius because they contribute less to the demand for oil than other vehicles, lowering prices while allowing me to see the lights ahead. Being realistic, those are the two main reasons to encourage people to have smaller, more efficient vehicles, and if people would stop trying to get the government to fix things, we would see people buying them.

By the way, I cannot think of a more severe insult that could be attributed to Americans than "the masses;" every single American has an identity and is not part of some swaying mass, which is why we Americans do not use such a word to describe ourselves. I would appreciate it if you would show more consideration when selecting your choice of words.
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