>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/30/02 05:50PM >>> >>For example, most SUV owners you ask will say they are safer. Statistics >absolutely prove this is wrong. I don't even have an airbag.
>I think you might want to reexamine those statistics. I'll find some for >you, but common sense tells me when I look at a SUV and if it hits a >Dodge Neon, who is going to win? It depends, of course It depends on angle of impact between the cars. It depends on whether the car has an airbag or not. But in general, if you look at the Car and Driver and the Insurance Institute statistics, there are more cars that score acceptable or better than there are SUVs. And this has been true for a long time. Can you say Firestone? Can you say rollover? And in a head-on with a Neon, I'd be paste on the dashboard. They might live. And I'd rather be in a Volvo or Dodge Minivan than a Rodeo in a side impact crash. I was just pointing out that many of the reasons people drive SUVs are really marketing hype from car manufacturers. In many cases the SUVs are actually the worst example of whatever they are touting. But they sure blow the smoke beautifically. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/30/02 05:11PM >>> > I own a Jeep, but I own a bike and a pair of shoes. > > I try to use all of them in their proper time and place. Note that I have no problem with SUVs - they are useful vehicles. My beef is with the Proud and Wasteful consumers. > As for the "typical American" attitude towards the environment, I think that is almost as much due to the messenger as the message. LOL, Jerry, one of your fellow Americans (and mine) just said that More is the American Way, proudly, so its not just me that thinks so. > I think there is a knee-jerk response to most attempts to force environmental concerns down people's throats. The point is that folks should care without having them forced down their throats. > As soon as environmentally friendly products are as useful and as cheap as their "dirty" counterparts, people will switch in droves. Not really - the vehicle trend now is towards ridiculously large. How many people need all the room a suburban has? > Asking people to give up their way of living for "the greater good" I feel is not taking basic human nature into account. I think then, we need to overcome our basic human nature and teach our kids to care about each other and the planet. > And we need to start selling environmentally friendly products as PRODUCTS, and not tacking on a politically-correct "green" tax. What specifically are you speaking to here? ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
