Lately, especially with Live Earth having been yesterday, no one on the news can put down the discussion of Global Warming. Some agree, some disagree and neither side will leave the other alone. Personally though, I don't see why no one has tried to unite the two groups with something that everyone cares about.
What do you prefer, tiny bills or huge ones?
What about gas, $3.00 a gallon, would you prefer to pay thousands a year on that or hundreds?
Turn off lights, conserve water, maybe use renewable power. It will shrink your bills drastically.
http://www.hybridcars.com/calculator/ Take a look at this and compare your current car to the Toyota Prius or the Honda Civic Hybrid and just look at the first three columns. Ignore the rest, just look at the amount of money you're shelling out yearly. A Prius uses 30% the gas that a Hummer H3 does. That means every $100 the Hummer owner spent on gas the Prius owner saved $70 of.
Mind you, that H3 gets better gas mileage than the Chevy Silverado and that Chevy isn't alone.
Come on, tell me all that saved cash doesn't look really, really good.
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The only way to even come close to uniting the groups is to target money, as stated. [Not necessarily a bad thing...good point]
I tried the calculator. O_o Wo0ah!!
Everything, eventually comes down to money. Which might be the problem. Since it will cost more initially to be more energy-efficient (hybrids cost a lot more than regular cars, the cost of replacing all your lightbulbs, etc.), Joe-schmoe is less likely to act. I think if there was legislation giving a bigger tax break to people who do get a hybrid (more than the break they get now), there would be more incentive for the common person.
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