"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Stop into a Toyota or Honda dealer, ask to speak briefly to their most
experienced salesperson, and ask what's selling. Or, you could just look
around. I agree that too many gas pigs are sold to people who have
absolutely zero need for a truck of any kind, but that doesn't negate the
fact that cars like Corollas and Civics are selling like hotcakes, and
they're not even in the category of "high efficiency", compared to
vehicles like the Prius (50+ mpg).



"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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Doug,
What is silly is your inability to see the obvious. There is one reason
for the increase of gas prices. There is an increase in demand, without
any increase in supply. Consumers will not pay for better fuel
efficient cars until the cost of the gas guzzlers make it worth their
while. The fact that a few people buy fuel efficient cars, does not
negate the fact that too many people are buying gas guzzling SUV and
Trucks, while keeping their home thermostat set at 78 degrees.

Heck even Al Gore who was dumb as dirt, knew you had to raise the cost
of gas to make it economically viable to find alternative energy
sources. Al's idea was to tax gas $3/gal and use the tax to find
alternative energy.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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Most of the people in rec.boats who complain about the price of gas,
are driving trucks with low mpg and boats that burn tons of gas. If
they really were concerned about the price of gas, they would buy a
hybrid car and a either a trawler or sailboat.

They refuse to see the obvious. Consumers will not buy a fuel
efficient car or boat, or pay for alternative energy sources until the
cost of petrol fuels make it worth while to do so.

That's silly. There are plenty of fuel efficient cars being sold. It's
been that way for years. Even a basic Corolla gets over 30 mpg. Same
with models from Honda. Dealers don't need to whore these out with
stupid "employee discount" offers, as do the big 3.






Prius on a good day makes 45 mpg. That is nice, but the only ones who are
beating the 45 mpg max are the "hot rodders" who are stuffing more
batteries in and adding the "plug in hybrid" capability. Long highway
trip, you will get about 30 on a hybrid. Very little braking, slowing
down, etc that is recovered as stored energy. The around town and short
stop and go trips are the most efficient use. The plug in modifiers get
the advantage of the extra battery capacity and plug in to the house
charging. Up until a couple of years ago, that voided the hybrids
warrantee.


Interesting, but not relevant to what we're discussing.