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And I must give you due credit. I did stereotype that group in anger, however, to rephrase since I am a sensable person...
I cannot stand a person that would blindly state that they are doing good to the environment SOLELY based on the purchase of a hybrid vehicle. And more to the point of this thread, Jeremy Clarkson more than PROVED his point, which is that "it's not WHAT you drive but HOW you drive it"
ANY denying his statement is pure ignorance. A hybrid vehicle can be driven abusively, and since the majority of the people in this forum are here to modify their vehicles to be more eco-friendly, you are clearly not the group I'm reffering to.
A prius is not a free ticket, used to clear your conscience, it is a step in the right direction in engineering. Much of the BMW's are now using a system known as a "Micro-hybrid" where the alternator is used to help some of the load of the engine, not as effective as a Prius, but all the same, a step foreward.
I just can't stand the sense of Entitlement, the arrogence of someone that would so single mindedly think they were "green" based upon a single purchase. Being eco friendly is a long and arduous process of recycling, making eco friendly purchases, and performing eco friendly practices. It's a title that in my opinion SHOULD have much more stringent qualifications tagged to it.
I must appologise once more for the stereotyping. I was attempting to illustrate a single group of people that SAY they are doing good, but ACTING against that interest, and in doing so I made a fool of myself. My point still stands as does Mr. Clarkson's. If you drive any vehicle responsibly you are doing more for the environment than someone who is driving a hybrid irresponsibly.
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