Smart people buy Priuses

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It should be noted of course, that -

1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
smart, and

2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
thing to do.

Bob M.

richard schumacher wrote:
> San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_6420656
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A lot of smart people bought Edsels too!

Jeff DeWitt

In article >,
"Bob Myers" > wrote:

> It should be noted of course, that -
>
> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
> smart, and
>
> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
> thing to do.

True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.

richard schumacher wrote:
> In article >,
> "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>
>> It should be noted of course, that -
>>
>> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
>> smart, and
>>
>> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
>> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
>> thing to do.
>
> True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.

Yesss... and I've heard a lot of folks that thought they were smart who
voted Democrat.

Jeff DeWitt

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:03:31 -0400, Jeff DeWitt >
wrote:

>richard schumacher wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>>
>>> It should be noted of course, that -
>>>
>>> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
>>> smart, and
>>>
>>> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
>>> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
>>> thing to do.
>>
>> True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.
>
>Yesss... and I've heard a lot of folks that thought they were smart who
>voted Democrat.
>
>Jeff DeWitt

I know a lot of smart Republicans who voted for a moron named Bush who
thinks he's the Messiah and will never vote Republican again.

"richard schumacher" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>
>> It should be noted of course, that -
>>
>> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
>> smart, and
>>
>> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
>> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
>> thing to do.
>
> True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.




Not true.

"richard schumacher" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>
>> It should be noted of course, that -
>>
>> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
>> smart, and
>>
>> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
>> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
>> thing to do.
>
> True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.

Before this continues to veer off into Yet Another Endless
Political Shouting Match, let's get back to the original subject:

Is there any real reason that we believe that buying a Prius (or
more generally, any comparable hybrid) at this stage of the
game is really a "smart" thing to do, or is the current spate
of hybrid-buying really more about image than sensibility?

I'm pretty certain that hybrid drivetrains do show
a good deal of promise; I am, however, far from convinced
that the purchase of a hybrid can actually be justified NOW
on purely rational grounds.

Bob M.

In article <g20pi.6938$XL4.3247@trndny04>,
"Richard Warren" > wrote:

> >> It should be noted of course, that -
> >>
> >> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
> >> smart, and
> >>
> >> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
> >> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
> >> thing to do.
> >
> > True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.
>
>
>
>
> Not true.

:-)

In article >,
"Bob Myers" > wrote:

> Is there any real reason that we believe that buying a Prius (or
> more generally, any comparable hybrid) at this stage of the
> game is really a "smart" thing to do, or is the current spate
> of hybrid-buying really more about image than sensibility?
>
> I'm pretty certain that hybrid drivetrains do show
> a good deal of promise; I am, however, far from convinced
> that the purchase of a hybrid can actually be justified NOW
> on purely rational grounds.

It's very well justified if the goal is to buy a car which minimizes air
pollution and petroleum consumption. Mass transit or a bicycle would of
course be even better for those goals but they are not useable in many
situations. And if the goal is to minimize the total cost of ownership
of a car, one should buy a used Kia or the like.