[smaridge01]

I was driving a V10 truck when the oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. I was driving that truck for a variety of reasons, but when the oil starting flowing, I knew I could no longer put off making the big changes in my life that would support my aversion to oil.

I bought and drive a Prius for one primary reason: it is the most fuel efficient car I could find. Period. I live in Florida, and it works here. I will learn how to drive it more and more effectively, and this will be my first step in reducing MY personal part of the demand for more oil drilling. Going to diesel is still using oil. I want out of the oil cycle someday, and EV's are going to be the ticket.

One more point... MOST people I meet or experience have NO interest whatever in learning to hypermile or do ANYTHING AT ALL to reduce their oil usage. So if you can find some way to sell them a nice MAINSTREAM car like a Prius, that they can drive pretty much normally, and still reduce the oil usage... HURRAY!!!