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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
I don't know about the rest of you, as to how successful you have been in converting others to efficient driving techniques, but personally I find the ignorance astounding and the attitude that I am some kind of obsessed, semi nutcase, because I focus on efficiency.
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I have to second that. I'm generally considered a lunatic by my coworkers because instead of spending my money on ski boats and lux cars I spend it on making my house more efficient to drive down electricity use, voluntarily pay a higher electricity rate so that all my electricity comes from renewables, take public transportation to reduce miles driven, and actively seek out locally grown groceries.
Conversation typically goes like this:
Him: Hybrids don't make any sense because you never make up the cost premium in saved gas, everyone knows that.
Me: Don't you drive a $50k SUV that gets 15mpg.
Him: Yes.
Me: So then you don't actually believe in this economic model of car buying where the car has to somehow pay for itself. Otherwise you'd own a Geo Metro.
(long pause while that sinks in)
Him: You're a hippie.
These conversations typically end with me being called a greenie, treehugger, or hippie.