RE: [Paddlewise] ACA and Subaru

> Subaru has been, and still is, supportive of kayaking and other sports.
> Their fuel economy for what their product line provides is excellent and
> they have no low end economy models that sell enough to offset
> their overall
> fleet mileage.  What they are doing is not against "green" only
> reclassifying to conform to newer standards as their product will, I am
> told, maintain a similar level of fuel usage.

Well said Mike. Subaru is just playing the game, the rules of which have
been determined for them, probably more by lobbyists than by scientists. Why
is it OK to sell gas guzzlers just because you sell some cars that don't
guzzle? That logic escapes me. Either we want better fuel mileage or we
don't. The car-buying market "don't" or they'd not buy the guzzlers, and
they would go away. But they don't just buy them, they DEMAND them. Want to
be green? Outlaw them then. Good luck with the lobbyists.

Perhaps the "rules" were established to give companies with a broader market
offering an advantage, or perhaps it's based on volume, so in order to sell
a vehicle with a moderately good fuel ecconomy you have to sell a lot with
good fuel ecconomy. Which would eliminate the specialty company from the
market. Based on a model-to-model comparison, how does Subaru do? I'm not
interested in what fuel mileage the vehicles they choose not to sell need to
get to make it OK to sell the ones they do.

"It's OK, I had Subway!"

Carey
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