Hummer owners view themselves as morally superior
HUMMER: Is it a symbol of nationalism and American independence, or of the U.S. dependency on foreign oil? (Photo: powerbooktrance/Flickr) 
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Posted By Alice - Thu, Sep 24 2009 at 11:41 PM ESTGreener Article Questionable
A while ago there was an article saying Hummers were better/greener than Prius' based on questionable data about how long people owned the cars and on the pollutants in Prius' battery and which probably assumed the battery went straight into a landfill. Further it totally ignored the value of the Prius as agent for change -- the next generation of cars will be better because this technology has been perfected.
Posted By JDS - Thu, Oct 29 2009 at 9:35 PM ESTHummer Greener? Aw, get real.
Replace the "H" with a "D." Want the facts? Go to Greenercars.org for a rating. Prius is best. H2 is worst. Want to be a cowboy? Earn some saddle sores.
"Facts are stupid things," Ronald Reagan told the 1988 RNC convention.
Posted By Anonymous - Thu, Sep 24 2009 at 8:15 PM ESTLots of LOLs
If memory serves me right, the frontier lifestyle included building a rustic cabin out of trees you chopped down yourself and killing your dinner on a regular basis...hmm, I highly doubt any Hummer owner has ever done this. I also LOL'd at the excuse that they provide safety: "I need to buy a Hummer to protect me from all those huge SUVs on the road!" Is it ironic that "moral" and "moron" sound so similar, or is it just me? Then again, maybe the survey didn't ask the right question. Instead of.... More
Posted By vka2b - Thu, Sep 24 2009 at 12:28 PM EST"Greener?"
Proud H2 owner -- don't just throw around terms like "greener" and expect people to believe it. Can you please back that claim up or quantify it somehow? I am not trying to antagonize you, but if you are going to criticize an article for not getting its facts straight but at the same time say "the H2 is in fact greener" without actually showing that statement to be a fact rather than your opinion (again, how do you quantify a term like "greener"), it seems a bit hypocritical. BTW, you may be.... More
Posted By Proud H2 Owner - Thu, Sep 24 2009 at 8:40 AM ESTmisconceptions and wrong data
Odd no one mentions that the H2 is in fact greener than a Prius - that the MPG is the same or better than a Surburban or other larger SUV. FYI, the sale of Hummer is not being blocked. Get your facts straight.
Posted By Anonymous - Thu, Sep 24 2009 at 6:01 PM ESTSuburban or larger SUV??
if thats what makes the Hummer Greener..I guess a 2 ton atom bomb is greener than a 3 ton atom bomb...its your children's future you are compromising with your need to be bigger..Whats the difference between a Hummer and a porcupine?? ****** are on the outside of the porcupine.
Hummer is Chinese, not American.
The article should also point out that General Motors sold the Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company on June 2, 2009. Hummer has not been an "American brand" since then.