[Re: Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. OwnersSupport Terrorists ]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

"Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com> wrote:
RIGHT ON AMEN AND HALLELUJAH!!!!

Dave

As for fuel economy, I don't feel at all guilty, my DD has been a diesel =
since
1987. Even driven hard, it's great on fuel, and as for the additional soo=
t, it
should (in theory) be at least partially offset by the increased lifespan=
 of
the engine, hence requiring less industrial pollutants connected with
manufacturing a new car. (heck, I even carpool, have solar heat, and we'r=
e
looking at being part of a wind power cooperative) But even those of us w=
ith
modified roccs are still ahead of the game in the green sense I'd say (wi=
th a
few exceptions), recycling all those junkyard parts to keep our cars aliv=
e,
and pretty much sipping that dark middle eastern ooze. My Rocc's easy on =
the
fuel (but admittedly it'd be better if I kept my foot out of it, and owni=
ng as
many cars as I do is a HUGE luxury. And maybe I do drive too much, but I =
do
enjoy it)

I'm getting really cynical, and won't fuel a flame war, but I find it odd=

around when these Roccs were built, fuel economy was a big deal, then it
shifted to horsepower and luxury (all of a sudden there's lots of gas, ge=
t rid
of those slow econoboxes), then it seems to be back again to fuel issues.=
 I
can't help but think it is all just to keep people discarding the old in
favour of a "better" new, as promoted in the ads. To keep big business bi=
g. As
for the media, they sure do have scary power. But what the hell do I know=
?

cathy, pot stirring as usual.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Supp=
ort
Terrorists


> --- Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I thought I'd post this since it has been a hot issue
> > in the past. Whether you agree with it or not, it sure
> > does make you think, eh?
>
> It makes me think that the fucking liberals running the media, esp. the=

> NYT, have scary power.
>
> WHY didn't they start their bitching when PICKUP TRUCKS - certainly
> higher fuel consumers than SUV's - became the largest selling passenger=

> vehicles in the US?  I sell a hell of a lot more empty bed pickups than=

> I do one passenger SUVs.  Tell me *they* are more practical and consume=

> less fuel per man-mile!  Ha!  This is a typical liberal-dumbocrat
> selective attack.
>
> And *we* can't talk either.  Outside of Drew, name one of us who
> SPECIFICALLY aimed and succeeded at making his/her car *more* fuel
> efficient and less polluting?  Who drives conservatively?  All I see is=

> no cat, big engine swap, 0-60 and 1/4 mile times...I'll offer that it's=

> hypocritical for us to agree with this NYT crap.
>
> Freedom of choice, keep the government OUT of my wallet and OUT of my
> garage.
>
>
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