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From: Ashton Crusher on 12 Oct 2009 17:22
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:14:51 -0700, Scott in SoCal
<scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>Lots of people in my neighborhood have Priusen. Some houses even have
>two parked in the driveway. These must all be great people who love
>the planet and want to fight Global Warming and all that stuff, right?
>
>So then explain to me why someone would bundle their two dogs into
>their Prius and drive it to the neighborhood park so they can walk
>their dogs?


I think it's that most of them are middle and upper middle class and
can use the tax deduction. Combine that with the good gas mileage to
save some money and they may well come out ahead of things compared to
if they bought a non-hybrid. And they get to feel good about
themselves. Also I think most of the people who buy them are the kind
of people who rarely keep a car more then 5 years or 80,000 miles so
they really aren't worried about what's going to happen when that
expensive battery goes bad. I'm still holding out for an inexpensive
version of the Volt.
From: Nick Naim on 12 Oct 2009 20:29

"Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:haqb9t$gv7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> On 2009-10-10, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Lots of people in my neighborhood have Priusen. Some houses even have
>> two parked in the driveway. These must all be great people who love
>> the planet and want to fight Global Warming and all that stuff, right?
>>
>> So then explain to me why someone would bundle their two dogs into
>> their Prius and drive it to the neighborhood park so they can walk
>> their dogs?
or cart their bikes on bike racks 27 miles to the nearest trail
>
> You're missing a fundamental part of human society. Image,
> perception, illusion, and belief matter, not substance.
>
> The nobel 'peace prize' was just given to a man who in reality has
> continued and expanded war.
The United States at this point in time is not at war with any nation on
earth.

>
>
>


From: Nick Naim on 12 Oct 2009 20:41

"Ashton Crusher" <demi(a)moore.net> wrote in message
news:7977d5d0fkduei8pfcjoshjukbvtdb4prt(a)4ax.com...
> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:14:51 -0700, Scott in SoCal
> <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Lots of people in my neighborhood have Priusen. Some houses even have
>>two parked in the driveway. These must all be great people who love
>>the planet and want to fight Global Warming and all that stuff, right?
>>
>>So then explain to me why someone would bundle their two dogs into
>>their Prius and drive it to the neighborhood park so they can walk
>>their dogs?
>
>
> I think it's that most of them are middle and upper middle class and
> can use the tax deduction. Combine that with the good gas mileage to
> save some money and they may well come out ahead of things compared to
> if they bought a non-hybrid. And they get to feel good about
> themselves. Also I think most of the people who buy them are the kind
> of people who rarely keep a car more then 5 years or 80,000 miles so
> they really aren't worried about what's going to happen when that
> expensive battery goes bad. I'm still holding out for an inexpensive
> version of the Volt.
New turbo high milage technology will kill the Volt if it is not already
dead.


From: Jim Yanik on 12 Oct 2009 23:32
"Nick Naim" <orbits(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:g--
dnUY9avRIVE7XnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com:



> or cart their bikes on bike racks 27 miles to the nearest trail

Maybe they don't like biking in traffic?
Maybe they believe it's too risky for them.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
From: The Real Bev on 12 Oct 2009 23:48
Jim Yanik wrote:

> "Nick Naim" <orbits(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> or cart their bikes on bike racks 27 miles to the nearest trail
>
> Maybe they don't like biking in traffic?
> Maybe they believe it's too risky for them.

Or by the time they're been hassled with 27 miles of ugly stuff they're too
tired to appreciate -- or even experience -- the pretty stuff they traveled 27
miles to see.

--
Cheers, Bev
=================================================
It's not the speed that kills, it's the stopping.
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