Gas Guzzlers? With the emphasis on %26quot;going green%26quot; %26amp; conserving resources, does it make sense that the auto makers are churning out bigger, heavier vehicles %26amp; that people are buying them like crazy? A Hummer drove by me the other day on the way home from work %26amp; I got to thinking about how much it would take to fill such a beast, how few miles to the gallon it would get %26amp; what a waste it was, just to appeal to the owners%26#039; vanity. I%26#039;ve always preferred little, zippy cars %26amp; they%26#039;re usually good on gas, so I feel as though I%26#039;ve done my part. Why should I have to pay so much for gas because others suck it up like it%26#039;s free?! Should they stop making monster vehicles? Why won%26#039;t people be smarter about it %26amp; not buy them?

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This was mostly posted in a joking frame of mind - I%26#039;m not trying to take away anybodys%26#039; freedom of choice! lol
Sheesh, Noone - %26quot;shut my cake hole%26quot;? A little harsh, don%26#039;tcha think? If the question offended you so much you didn%26#039;t have to read it OR reply to it; no need to be ugly to me. No, nobody died %26amp; left me in charge...was just making an observation. America talks about conservation, going green, recycling - but I don%26#039;t think any one is serious about it, as is witnessed by the purchases of the big gas guzzlers.

Write, email, or telephone your Congressman.

you are not putting vehicles down.i really understand what you are saying,an i agree with you.but to each is own.gas is unreal.star you

because they aren%26#039;t smart...as long as there are rich people who can afford the expensive gas and expensive cars that guzzle that gas...we lil folks have to pay for it....stupid huh....or better yet...don%26#039;t drive at all huh....yeah i can see that happening...NOT

I totally agree with you Pumpkin...don%26#039;t pay attention to the uneducated gas guzzlers that are giving you a hard time. As for Bill...gas guzzlers are NOT just about global warming...it is also about the war. The more demand for gas...the more of our troops getting sent to Iraq to die for oil. That is ALL this war is about.

A Hummer2 has a 32 gal gas tank, weighs 8600lbs (the H1 weighs 10,300lbs) and the gas milege is so bad it is not listed on the web site. Of course, hauling around that much weight, they probably get way less than 10 mile/gal.

Okay, yes, if you just happen to be in Iraq with sniper bullets and bombs coming your way all day, it might be a good time to have a car that weighs almost 2 tons. Other than that I can%26#039;t think of a single reason to have a car that cost more than my first house and sucks up fossil fuels like a drunk at a bar sucks up bourbon.

By nature, people are not smart. It is total vanity, driving an impractical vehicle like a Hummer or an Escalade. Even if mass transit was free, people would still drive thier cars. If it was guaranteed that you could ride the bus for free and the commute would take half the time that it does in your car, people still would drive. People seem to care more about how they are seen rather than doing things that are right. A bus pass is about $30 a month, and most employers have a reimbursement program so it ends up being free. Doesn%26#039;t that sound better than a payment and insurance? We could all save alot of money...........

bill is an idiot. there is such a thing as global warming so shut the front door . people really need to stop denying global warming. i guess that they will actually see it in 30 years when the average temperature will be 136 degrees. =]

Well, yeah, people could buy smaller cars, but why, if they want the big ones and have the money to buy all that gas.

You get a small, zippy little car, you%26#039;ll save on gas. But pay a fortune for insurance.

Other thing is, it might be that if everyone got these little cars and bought less gas, they might raise the price even more, to still make their profit. What would we save then?

not all of us fit in a crappo box. Some of us enjoy the outdoors such as going offroad, going to the mountains crossing a few streams to do this. That being said most of the tools that buy these huge trucks to drive around the suburbs are morons. They are status symbols nothing more.

And to the dip a H2 weighs 6400lbs. 8500 is the gross vehicle weight. Get with big bird and me here. 2000lbs is a ton that would make a h2 3.2 tons

They will stop making them when people stop buying them.

They are in business and are giving the people what they want.

The more things change the more they remain the same. Some things will just never change..and we just have to deal with it as best we can, I guess. unless you can change it..Remember the serenity prayer, perhaps..and this other serenity prayer.%26quot;.God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept ..and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they pissed me off.%26quot;