Message text written by Howard Winkler
>I agree that SUV's guzzle an inordinate amount of gas - I think the
solution is to get the manufacterers to build more efficient engines. I do
not think you should prevent or penalize people from buying them. I'm old
enough to remember when two seater sportscars were considered to be death
traps. There were people who wanted to prevent their sale on the grounds
that they were just too dangerous.
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Why is it that the hybrid vehicles on the market are the teeny, high milage
cars anyway? (rhetorical question - because of the press you get with a
car that gets 50 MPG) But the fuel efficiency of the hybrid system is most
needed in the SUV's. And since they are the high dollar items, they can
best absorb the additional cost. Once SUV's are included in the automobile
CAFE calculations these things will become more or less manditory.
Or, we could just drive them less.
Dave
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