Why is "green living" so politicized?

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by DCforever

So buy a Hummer and tell yourself that you are Rambo. You're in the wrong forum. Green Denial is down the hall.

Ah, so you just want to hear your side. What's fun about that?

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by Submariner

When I unplug and drive away my first 20-some miles are electric-only.

My acceleration at an interstate on-ramp is far better than what it was when I was a teenager driving cars of the 1960s and 70s.

My driving habit is to generally set cruise-control at ~10% above whatever the posted speed is.

The interstate that cuts through my township is posted at 75mph. Everyday I drive on it at 82mph.

There is nothing to a Prius that would cause anyone to drive slower than any other car. They have rapid acceleration, they handle well, and they perform nicely at higher speeds.

They are cheap cars, plus they give us an option to spend less on fuel.

If the choice is that clear cut, why do you need subsidy to sell them?

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by Submariner

I do not have any problem getting right up to 80mph to merge in with traffic, and going the 20 miles the battery provides us.

If you are gentle you can push it out further. My wife drives more on back roads at 45mph, she gets better mileage than I get.

This Prime has a charging mode, where the engine will recharge the battery. It seems that roughly 30 miles of driving will charge the battery up enough to drive 15 miles. Which would mean that for every 45 miles you drove, cross-country, you could do 15 of that on battery. I am not sure yet if there is really a benefit.

There are normal cars that get close, if not the same mileage as a Prius. Would you consider switching if that were the case?