Re: [cdn-nucl-l] " Why should taxpayers subsidize hybrids? "

[Rod Adams <atomicrod@aol.com>]

I think the article got it wrong in at least one detail. My Jetta TDI  
has been getting in excess of 45 miles per gallon (US) in a mixture  
of aggressive highway driving and numbing stop and start driving in  
Washington, DC for more than 4 years and 100,000 miles. I believe  
that the quoted MPG for the Jetta in the article below is for the 4  
cylinder gasoline model.

I wonder about the morality of the well healed and politically active  
people that actively seek hybrid subsidies for luxury cars while  
loudly denouncing payments that help poor people just get by. I would  
bet that certain Californians have both luxury hybrids and luxury  
homes with solar panels, both of which received substantial taxpayer  
subsidies without doing anything to reduce pollution or dependence on  
diminishing fossil fuel resources.

Makes me ashamed to be a registered, but not very happy Republican.

Rod

On Apr 1, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Jaro wrote:

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>
> Consumer Reports has identified several conventional cars that get  
> better
> mileage than most hybrids. The Toyota Echo family sedan (recently  
> replaced
> by the similar Yaris) averages a remarkable 38 mpg. The Volkswagen  
> Jetta
> diesel gets 34. Several other conventional sedans get 30 mpg or  
> better. By
> contrast, most of the new crop of hybrids are big vehicles that get  
> well
> under 30 mpg.
>
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