Reply #30: Are you going to buy that hybrid for us? [View All]

[lildreamer316]

Are you going to force the state to repair the rail line that husband WAS using to get to work, and is now out of order for another month and a half; forcing me to drive him to work an hour away twice a week? (at $3.39 a gallon yesterday,btw)

Are you going to pay the water/phone/whatever bill that equals the cost of the gas I am having to spend since I have to drive him to work SINCE there is no public transportation option? (btw the bus is just as expensive as the gas and does not go where he needs to go, so MORE gas is spend getting him there in that case anyway)?

Are you going to figure out how to pack all of his turntables, mixers, speakers, and etc in a "small fuel efficient car" EVERY time he/we have to get him to one of his gigs? (along with my son, since I have to drive him and he is seven years old and we obviously can't afford a babysitter every time I need to drive husband to work.)

We don't live in Europe. We live in a country that has a lot of space. A lot of rural areas. A sensible option is to find a way to help convert CURRENT vehicles to more efficient outputs at a minimum price. Standing on a soapbox looking down at people who have not 'chosen' to get a hybrid is not helpful. In this economic environment; and with the hit a lot of people's credit is taking due to job losses and subsequent delinquencies in bills, credit cards and mortgages, it is hard for people who even *have* the money to qualify for the newer, hybrid cars.

People are hurting. People are on their last dollar and their last hope. It was designed to be this way. So please don't preach about what they/we "should" be doing. People are actually aware of what would be good for the environment. But being aware and being able to do something about it are sometimes, and now pretty often two totally different things.

Be angry at the corporations and the businesspoliticians who have made it impossible for people to even think about a newer car, much less a fuel efficient hybrid. Preaching at us about what we should be doing and thinking about is just buying into their elitism and their disdain for the common man.