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Alas, as long as there are Hummers, there will be gas-guzzling monsters..

"Dealers say Hummers average 8 to 10 mpg, while General Motors, which markets and distributes the latest version of the vehicle, the Hummer H2, puts the figure at 10-13 mpg. By comparison, the Ford Expedition gets 14-19 mpg, and the three-quarter ton Chevy Suburban gets 13-17 mpg. "


For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone needs a Hummer. It must for those life-threatening trips around the city....my ex had a Durango, with an average of 12mpg, and that was enough of an environmental burden.

And no, we couldn't justify owning it, really - but he liked it. Oy.

Let's take a look at the big picture: road vehicles are responsible only of 9.9% of the world's green house gases

cait.wri.org...

and the politicians are concerned only about the cars.

reply to post by kondor

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I'm not sure about the Land Rover and Range Rover series but from personal experience I can see the need for large vehicles. With the cargo capacity of my husband's SUV we can haul in one trip what it would take my little econobox several trips to carry. In fact we often take the SUV out for shopping simply because my car can barely accommodate a weeks worth of groceries especially bulky items like paper towels and I have sometimes needed to make two trips to fit everything.

We certainly also noticed the surprising economy offered in the ownership of a large vehicle when we were moving. The SUV actually saved us on gas consumption vs. the prior move when all we had were two small cars.

We use the SUV to haul extended family around instead of taking multiple cars to events now. The gas mileage we get on the SUV is only a little worse than what our relatives get on their mid sized sedans. Yet we have had our SUV kicked and spat on a few times...by self righteous idiots driving off in cars that get little better in terms of mileage.

Mini vans don't seem to attract the same ire as SUVs but the fact is we looked at both and the SUV was the more versatile choice with even better passenger accommodations and mileage. I guess mini vans are thought of as family cars and SUVs are thought of as yuppy indulgences.

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