"diaphone" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> I doubt that folks that can afford high end SUVs are concerned
>> about the price of fuel they need to run them.
>> Those less fortunate may just have to pay more to use the vehicle
>> they need for their use. My one daughter who has four children
>> put it very well when she said I either
>> take the V8 Tahoe where we all need to go or I have to take the
>> Focus AND the Audi. The two 4cy cars together will use more
>> gas
>
> Some people who think of themselves as being responsible simply for
> owning a fuel-efficient compact car like a Sentra are fooling themselves
> and taking advantage of the efficiency and putting on more miles. In the
> end, one's "gallons per year" is more significant with respect to
> foreign oil dependency and pollution than the efficiency of one's
> vehicle.

Do you have statistics that back up that claim. I'm not sure I'm buying it.