http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/21/more-people-are-riding-the-train-to-save-energy/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/21/more-people-are-riding-the-train-to-save-energy/#comment-19852 grumpypilgrim Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:07:35 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2768#comment-19852 Some people drive SUVs and other big vehicles because they need to; others drive them as ego-inflating status symbols. Here is a quick way to tell the difference: people who now want to trade in their big gas hogs for smaller, more efficient vehicles obviously aren't driving their gas hogs out of necessity. Think of this the next time you hear people complaining that the high cost of gasoline is causing them to consider shopping for a better-mileage vehicle: they are merely whining over the loss of their ego-inflating status symbol. You should ignore their whining. They should have been driving a more efficient vehicle a long time ago. Some people drive SUVs and other big vehicles because they need to; others drive them as ego-inflating status symbols. Here is a quick way to tell the difference: people who now want to trade in their big gas hogs for smaller, more efficient vehicles obviously aren’t driving their gas hogs out of necessity. Think of this the next time you hear people complaining that the high cost of gasoline is causing them to consider shopping for a better-mileage vehicle: they are merely whining over the loss of their ego-inflating status symbol. You should ignore their whining. They should have been driving a more efficient vehicle a long time ago.

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