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Originally Posted by RedDevil
A company typically has a manager of communication who convinces the board that the employees are to drive 'green' company cars. Mine does.
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Perhaps the company - since these are
company cars, not employees personal vehicles - is simply making rational business decisions, based on operating costs, effectiveness, public image, and so on? Whatever, the company is buying what the company wants to buy.
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Governments meddle with taxes to boost 'green' sales. Mine does.
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So? You can still go ahead and buy the more-expensive gas-guzzler if you like. Nobody is actually forcing you to save money :-)
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People and companys buy hybrids because they want to: drive cheap (because of low tax) and look green, not because they are smitten by the Prius' looks.
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So why should any rational person choose to drive a particular car simply because they are smitten by its looks?
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We need more choice in hybrids. Most of all, we need cool hybrids. Cause they need to replace cool cars that use a lot of fuel.
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More choice, certainly. But I think we have widely differing ideas as to exactly what constitutes "cool".