In article , "HeyBub"
wrote:

Somebody pointed out that there are two hybrids (Civic and Prius). One LOOKS
like a hybrid, the other doesn't. Aside from looks, the two are equivalent
in gas milage, price, and virtually all other characteristics. The one that
LOOKS like a hybrid (Prius?) outsells the conventional-looking car by
three-to-one! Why? Because the environmental types want others to know they
are environmentalists! That they care, that they are doing something
wonderful. Peer pressure. [Confession: I may have Civic confused with Prius
or vice-versa - I don't know and I don't care.]

The Prius looks like no other car.

You are right: Buyers gravitate to it because it LOOKS like a hybrid.

It's their money. If a family is willing to put their earnings into a gas
guzzler or a non-disguised hybrid, who has the gall to tell them otherwise?

There are many, MANY folks that have such gall. More than a few have
participated in this topic. The frightening aspect of this is that many with
the gall to foist their view of The Common Goodtm on the rest of us are
those in a position to do so.
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JR