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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are ridiculously huge and terrible for the environment. [/quote]

Except they're actually not.

F[b]or their size, they're more than twice as efficient as a small car.[/b]  A Surburban with cylinder deactivation gets about 24 mpg on the highway. I rented one this spring for a long road trip with 4 passengers and literally a half-ton of scuba and video equipment and luggage, and I was absolutely staggered at how good the mileage was on the highway.

Around town in city traffic, it only got about 14 mpg. But on the highway, it was 24 mpg all day long from here to Florida and back. Considering it would've taken smaller cars to move the same amount of people and stuff, it was actually FAR more efficient.

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Yeah, that's like saying that for its size, a brand-new 8,000 square foot house is more energy-efficient than a small old house. It's true, as far as it goes. But it's also true that the small old house uses far less energy.[/quote]

If you need that hauling capability, for either people or for stuff, then it's a better, more efficient, and yes- greener, choice. Just as in your example a single large home is going to be more efficient than two smaller ones.

Three Honda Fits or Toyota Priuses making the same trip that a Suburban can do in one is less efficient. There really isn't a way to spin it where this isn't true.

The real question is whether you'll be using the Suburban at maximum efficiency. Or will a single Honda Fit do, but they just "want" the Suburban.

If the vehicle is being in effect misused, that doesn't mean it's not efficient. It just means it's being USED inefficiently. [/quote]

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