Originally Posted by
Led Zep
Who are you to make a determination as to what people should be driving? I own a large pick-up truck that I drive around. Do I need something that big? No. Do I want something that big? Yes.
A lot of the time it has to do more with want versus need. My truck gets 15 mpg, but it's also paid for. Even with gas prices hovering around $4.00 per gallon, it is still much more economical for me to keep my truck than it is to buy something newer with better gas mileage.
Besides, I have no interest in purchasing a hybrid.
Actually I am not trying to tell you what you should or should not drive. I am simply presenting an alternative. You could also say the same for me I don't need to drive, I want to. I could ride my bicycle everywhere and burn no gas at all. Bottom line we are going to have to change the way we think and what we want. If you are happy paying so much for gas then knock yourself out. But, you have to accept that so many people wanting to guzzle gas only drives demand higher and higher. So either America changes or quits its wining about high gas prices. Unfortunately the me, me , me attitude that runs rampant in our society is going to put us in a real bad situation here real soon.
I can afford $4.00 gas. I can even afford the cost of heating my house for now. But how many people out there are not as well off as a lot of the people posting here? Sooner or later we either change or a lot of people are going to suffer.