And people who are proactive about the environment aren't demonized? People who are against going to war with a broke country incapable of defending itself aren't demonized?
Sorry, but I have no pity for people who choose to be slobs and act inefficient just because they can, or because it's the cool thing to do. I'm not telling you to not drive a big crap-box piece-o-shiat SUV, but I will point out that a lot of people think you look silly and that you have no reason to own one (yes, we know you tow your boat once a year). ;) hehe - hope I didn't step into another SUV thread. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:22 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: SUV's and Dead Horses > > > Its easy to demonize people for their choices. SUVs are an > easy target, > they are large and they have a number of people who drive them. > > People point to the super large Lincolns, Fords, Chevys, and other and > complain, but the majority of the ones I see are the smaller Jeeps, > Fords, Izzuzzzuzzzuzu ;), and others. > > Now, at the same time, the auto makers do have technologies they can > roll out that would make the gas mileage better and the > pollution less. > But the people don't demand it. > > But I agree with you Erika the difference of one or two miles a gallon > isn't that big. But people need a target, those two miles give the > complainers something to complain about, a target. Because of > the people > who commonly drive them, they can create big evil groups of people. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:09 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: SUV's and Dead Horses > > > > Not to beat to beat the dead horse here ... But I was > looking up some > > fairly popular cars versus a couple of SUV's ... And I think some of > the > > differences in gas mileage is negligible and even a couple of SUV's > came > > out ahead of popular cars ... > > > > So I think it's all pretty relative and comes down again to the fact > > people really shouldn't generalize, as some SUV owners try > to own the > > best one for the environment while still getting the > vehicle they want > > and enjoy, while some car owners don't realize that an SUV > does better > > on the road then their car. > > > > Now there's no reasoning for the Lincon Navigator people other than > they > > have the money to waste I suppose ... But others should be > given a bit > > more slack since their SUV only does 1 mpg less than the popular > > minivans. That's hardly something to crucify over ... But > then again, > > what do I know. > > > > Interesting stuff. Of course there's lots of great family > cars in this > > list that do great on mileage. > > (most of this is 2002 data) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
