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Replying to: mschmal (Jan 31, 2007 3:16 pm) Try not to throw stones when you live in a glass house...you never know when someone else will return the favor. " Not sure what you mean by "glass house" (maybe a greenhouse?). The entire point of "carbon neutral" is to provide a "global" value of zero (drive car = carbons, tree = uses up carbon). My point was that the real way to reduce carbon is not with offsets. BTW, I drive an ICE vehicle (though not a large one), without "carbon offsets", but the vehicle size is an economic, not environmental, choice. Except for towing and true farm work, I've never seen the point of monster pickups and SUVs. The entire concept of "carbon neutral" is unproven, and in any case who knows what percentage of funds provided actually plant trees, and how much is "overhead"? If one is so interested in reducing global carbon, they should plant their own tree, in their own back yard. And then, ride to work, take public transport, etc. Mind you, I'm not advocating either action, just pointing out that those who really believe in reducing carbon footprints would be better off by doing something other than "carbon offset".
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Replying to: stevedebi (Feb 05, 2007 11:42 am) Mark.
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Replying to: mschmal (Feb 06, 2007 10:15 am) |
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OK, so I'm sure the vehicle is still calibrating itself, but we bought a new one with about 34mi on it, and took it out for a little celebratory trip. Got home with 178mi on it, and the average according to the little touchscreen interface "last fifteen minutes" system was 38.1MPG. This is slightly mixed driving, but mostly hiway, at 60mph using cruise control on fairly flat terrain (SE Texas). I saw the little bars peak t 60 quite a few times in stop-and-start traffic. Haven't read through the manual yet, but this was driving with no A/C and the "Econ" button in the center console activated. Much better than the '99 Dakota I've had since it was new. I think that thing averaged about 20MPG on a good drive! LOL! |
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By that I mean, not "babying" it into a start to get the most out of the batteries, and using AC or heat from time to time, The one i am driving is averageing 36 MPG And has 79 000 kms. ( Sorry from Canada here, not sure what that is in Miles but lukily I can make it tell me the MPG) |
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For whatever reason, I get better mileage on the highway then I do in town, even though I really try hard to keep the gas engine off as much as possible. I thought city driving was suppose to be less. I have about 4000 miles on it and haven't touched the average MPG reset switch since I drove it out of the dealers. Is presently at 30.1 MPG with about even highway and city driving. Maybe a little more city overall. Floyd
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Replying to: floyd2222 (Jul 10, 2007 12:55 pm) if you have not reset the avg mpg in the truck's message center...how are you calculating the difference between hiway and city fuel economy? (this may provide an answer)
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Replying to: mecheng1 (Jul 11, 2007 11:56 am) Floyd
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If you are a long-term hybrid owner, our Senior Editor, John O'Dell, would love to hear from you! A short email with your maintenance experiences and concerns would be great. Please send to John at jodell edmunds.com by close of business Wednesday, August 22, 2007. Be sure and include your Forums username.
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