Captain 3-posts: I find it awfully odd that the "green" movement has seen such a momentum swing since the November 2006's elections. I see it as more of an anti-capitalistic Bush-bashing-bandwagon political movement than one driven by true concern for the planet. Who DOESN'T want to preserve the environment? I simply feel the latest movement is taking things too far, like not drilling in the ANWR (in the TWO percent set aside by the left's beloved Jimmy Carter specifically for future oil exploration). Or the whole global warming deal when in the 1970's (remember that era? probably not) the panic was global cooling. Never mind the idiocy of thinking any alleged warming is caused by mankind when temperature data shows the alleged warming began in the pre-industrial era. I think it makes make more sense that minor fluctuations in an 11-million-degree orb in outer space (our own sun) that affects all of the earth's temperatures by dozens of degrees daily would have more of effect on the earth's average temperature over time. But the quasi-religion of the greenies doesn't care about logic.Remember the ads in 1975 about the then-new catalytic converters showing them next to a pop bottle, showing how cars' emission with catcons emitted is nothing more harmful than CO2, which is what you and I all of the PETA-protected animals breathe out with every breath? Now, the hype is about "carbon footprint" and how hydrogen-powered cars only emit water. Sorry but once you been around awhile, you're heard all of the arguments. The cynic in me says that eventually someone will claim that the extra water emitted by the hydrogen cars somehow will be dangerous to the "environment". Probably thru contributing to the ocean's rise caused by "climate change". Still in general, I agree we waste way too much gas in America, but not in 6-cylinder Accords. It's SUVs. Our former Expedition gets 13mpg. Our present Odyssey (which has MORE interior space) gets 26. A friend just passed on buying Sienna/Odyssey b/c he felt it was too nerdy and instead bought a gas-swilling V8 Sequoia so he could fit the kids across the back and still be cool. I am sure he is typical. But hey, it's his choice to pay the gas prices. Personally, I think a Fit would probably be adequate for a lot of people, but it admittedly isn't in the ball park of the Accord. Same argument as with the Accord Hybrid v. the Accord V6. It's all in where you want to draw your line. I think it's ridiculous that we get less mpg as a populace than in 1973 solely because we feel we must drive more trucks nowadays (a trend that really ramped up during Clinton's administration, but notice that neither he nor Gore saw fit to do anything about it). Steve - no offense on the truck statement - that Tundra is SWEET!
