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Old 02-03-2009, 06:33 PM   #9 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by mossman View Post
Even if you get all of the owners to switch to compacts or hybrids, what are you gonna do with all the trucks?
1) Park them until you have an actual need to haul a load, or drive on a rough dirt road or deep snow. I have a pickup ('88 Toyota) which gets driven maybe a couple thousand mile a year - and a lot of that is cutting firewood for my wood stove, so one tank of gas saves several hundred gallons of heating oil.

2) Sell the worst offenders off for scrap metal. One Hummer could yield enough recycled steel for several Priuses :-)
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