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Smart people buy Priuses
San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_6420656
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It should be noted of course, that -
1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily smart, and 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" thing to do. Bob M. |
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richard schumacher wrote:
> San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_6420656 > > copied at > > http://priuschat.com/index.php?showt...0&#entry48 31 > 56 A lot of smart people bought Edsels too! Jeff DeWitt |
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In article >,
"Bob Myers" > wrote: > It should be noted of course, that - > > 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily > smart, and > > 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing > has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" > thing to do. True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. |
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richard schumacher wrote:
> In article >, > "Bob Myers" > wrote: > >> It should be noted of course, that - >> >> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily >> smart, and >> >> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing >> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" >> thing to do. > > True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. Yesss... and I've heard a lot of folks that thought they were smart who voted Democrat. Jeff DeWitt |
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Smart people buy Priuses
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:03:31 -0400, Jeff DeWitt >
wrote: >richard schumacher wrote: >> In article >, >> "Bob Myers" > wrote: >> >>> It should be noted of course, that - >>> >>> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily >>> smart, and >>> >>> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing >>> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" >>> thing to do. >> >> True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. > >Yesss... and I've heard a lot of folks that thought they were smart who >voted Democrat. > >Jeff DeWitt I know a lot of smart Republicans who voted for a moron named Bush who thinks he's the Messiah and will never vote Republican again. |
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Smart people buy Priuses
"richard schumacher" > wrote in message ... > In article >, > "Bob Myers" > wrote: > >> It should be noted of course, that - >> >> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily >> smart, and >> >> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing >> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" >> thing to do. > > True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. Not true. |
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Smart people buy Priuses
"richard schumacher" > wrote in message ... > In article >, > "Bob Myers" > wrote: > >> It should be noted of course, that - >> >> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily >> smart, and >> >> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing >> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" >> thing to do. > > True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. Before this continues to veer off into Yet Another Endless Political Shouting Match, let's get back to the original subject: Is there any real reason that we believe that buying a Prius (or more generally, any comparable hybrid) at this stage of the game is really a "smart" thing to do, or is the current spate of hybrid-buying really more about image than sensibility? I'm pretty certain that hybrid drivetrains do show a good deal of promise; I am, however, far from convinced that the purchase of a hybrid can actually be justified NOW on purely rational grounds. Bob M. |
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Smart people buy Priuses
In article <g20pi.6938$XL4.3247@trndny04>,
"Richard Warren" > wrote: > >> It should be noted of course, that - > >> > >> 1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily > >> smart, and > >> > >> 2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing > >> has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart" > >> thing to do. > > > > True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican. > > > > > Not true. :-) |
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Smart people buy Priuses
In article >,
"Bob Myers" > wrote: > Is there any real reason that we believe that buying a Prius (or > more generally, any comparable hybrid) at this stage of the > game is really a "smart" thing to do, or is the current spate > of hybrid-buying really more about image than sensibility? > > I'm pretty certain that hybrid drivetrains do show > a good deal of promise; I am, however, far from convinced > that the purchase of a hybrid can actually be justified NOW > on purely rational grounds. It's very well justified if the goal is to buy a car which minimizes air pollution and petroleum consumption. Mass transit or a bicycle would of course be even better for those goals but they are not useable in many situations. And if the goal is to minimize the total cost of ownership of a car, one should buy a used Kia or the like. |
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