I really like it. Supposedly, if I wasn't using all 300 horses most of the time, the thing can actually get 24MPG. Maybe someday I'll find out. Anyway, to add to your point, corporations don't have a conscience about anything but shareholder returns. Likewise, if I own stock in a company I want them to deal legally and ethically, but beyond that I just want to make money. The more the better! Some on this list may disagree, but how much of your own retirement will you give up to increase fuel efficiency at Subaru??? So, voting with you pocket book is what will change a corporation's mind. Money is the only language that is understood. I will concede that since Subaru has aligned themselves with the "green" party, they have some obligation to live up to that image (but a paddling issue? I'm doubtful). So what are the facts? I really haven't heard any except that some don't like a particular decision that Subaru has made. Cars, trucks, and SUVs make pollution, use natural resources, including habitat to drive them on. They're all bad! So what make an auto maker "green"? I would say doing a better job at preserving air quality and natural resources than the other ones. I know this has been declared "beside the point", but I would really like to hear how Subaru compares to other manufacturers. If no one on this list can site the comparison facts, then I would say there is not enough information to either complain or congratulate them. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ..... Alder Creek Steve and I (there are too damn many Steves in this discussion) naively believed that Subaru actually was committed to preserving nature. The current brouhaha suggests we may have been wrong. Or at least that they're not the paragons we assumed they were. It's always painful to find your heroes have feet (tires?) of clay. BTW, do you like the WRX STi? If they made a wagon version I'd buy one in a minute. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 03 2004 - 14:35:10 PST
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