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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
@TVago: People who spend their money as they see fit often buy destructive things, like gasoline. Doing whatever you want with your money is your right. However, acting without regard to the impact of your actions on others is, at best, childish. We can do better.
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Sure we can.
People who spend their own money as they see fit often buy destructive things, it is true. People who spend other people's money as they see fit are just as destructive, if not more. And speaking of destructiveness, which is more destructive for a hypothetical 1 hour plane/5 hour car trip?
You know, looking back at the first post, it's really easy to just look at the gas mileage of a 787 vs a Prius and conclude that that cross-country travelling family of 5 is wasteful. 15 hours to drive cross-country in a Prius? Oh, sure! It took me 40 hours to drive cross-country once, and I was single back then! How will that family escape being caught for speeding bordering on criminal recklessness? You do know that they'd have to be travelling an average of 190 MPH to make that 15 hour trip length, right? What will the kids pee in? An empty bottle that they pour out the window? How about stops for food at, er, interesting places? How about construction delays? How about those other factors I mentioned? Let's pray to God that that family of 5 doesn't get broadsided by some texting-and-driving jerk.
...And that's my point. There are more things than are dreamt of in your fuel economy universe.