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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
It amazes me that you don't see the inherent contradiction here. You think the government should have forced you, who "love your big trucks," to buy a super-fuel-efficient small diesel car, when you wouldn't purchase the somewhat-fuel-efficient midsize cars that were already available on the US market? Yeah, it's all Congress' fault you haven't been buying more efficient vehicles. 
And still even now, your solution is to add a fuel-efficient car to your "fleet." Obviously you can afford that solution, so more power to you--but fer Chrissake, don't try and convince yourself that it's the government's fault you drive big trucks. |
There really is no contradiction. I need the truck to haul a large boat and a number of trailers. I never said the government should have FORCED me to buy anything. Simply that they should have required the manufactures of said vehicles to raise the gas milage set point for cars and trucks a long time ago. The technology exists. The lobbying prevented it. I have 5 vehicles. One, for each person in the family. Two trucks, one of which is hitting the market for sale this month and that will be replaced by a fuel efficient car. The others are an SUV, which we want to replace with the Mini, and a car that was given to us (my daughter thinks she owns it, she does not) right before her grandmother died, she drives it 14 miles a day to and from school or church. And the oldest drives a small fuel efficient car. So how is making these changes a bad thing? I feel I am doing my part now. Who cares what happened before now, that is really not relevant at this point other than for a historical discussion. No where did I blame the govenment for the fact that I drive a large pick up truck. Hell, at least I sold the damm H2, now that was a gas hog, but gas was also well below $2.