[RH77]

On non-FE forums and discussions:

Unless people are receptive to change, they will defend their lifestyle to the bitter end.

Step 1: People have to want to save fuel, in order to be receptive to those ideas
Step 2: People need to act on that "want" and embrace the ideas.

Ignorance is bliss, and the Internet is full of the blissful.

Stats show that people will openly comment if they feel strongly about something. Some people that have been positively impacted by the article may remain silent and absorb the sage advice by Ben and those who have Empirically tested these practices in the affirmative over the course. Quietly, those individuals will make a change. The same applies to those uninterested -- they flip to the Sports page.

As for those who insist on being heard in the negative, we should not take it personally. Let us count on those who have a personal introspection on making a change.

4 years ago, I would have been one of those angry dissenters -- because I wasn't ready to embrace the importance of fuel savings. Since then, a paradigm shift has occurred, and here I am.

Let us not be dismayed, but empowered.

RH77