Comments for GMC Yukon Hybrid: Oxymoron or Necessary Alternative? at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 28 out of 20 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:09:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-15177 I recently purchased the Yukon Hybrid. Yes, it can definately tow a boat and give the room required. Additionally, after two months of city driving I am getting almost 26 MPG (25.4)... that is much better than the 14 or so I was getting. My only complaint is that I can't have captain chairs in the second row and the third row is way too small. They should have moved the second row seats forward about 2-3 inches and it would have helped a lot. - Texas Driving Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:52:51 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-13486 very nice blogs. - ankara nakliyat Sat, 24 May 2008 06:23:43 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-10525 There are several jabs being taken here regarding lifestyle choice, my car is better than yours, and just the overall smugness that accompanies anyone who thinks they know how to live someone else's life better. Prius' get amazing fuel efficiency and a Hybrid SUV is a positive step in the right direction but for everyone who is on the highway at rush hour gridlock to witness a single person in an SUV is culpable. One Prius still takes up a lane space and is contributing to clogging an artery and making every vehicle start and stop more frequently. A Prius off and in the garage is getting better fuel economy and doing more for the environment than one on the road. Since there is no since silver bullet answer for everyone, everyone needs to ask themselves "what are my options here?" Can I work from home in the mornings? Can I come in early enough to miss rush hour? Can I work from home every other day? Could I "sell" my boss on the idea that it is cheaper from a real estate/facilities perspective and more productive for me to work from home? Can I carpool? Is it nice enough outside to ride a bike today (maybe double up on the good juju and work off my beer gut/big butt?) It's all about sensibility here. It's about mitigating your environmental impact - you will never eliminate it. If there is some common sense applied, we just might reach homeostasis and not be the harbingers of our own demise. - BK Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:51:03 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-9997 Thanks a lot ... - hguhf Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:46:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-9993 Don't hybrids use battery technology? What happens when all of those batteries start to fail? Do we have a system in place for dealing with the hazardous materials involved there? - Phaedra Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:49:02 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-9683 Thanks a lot http://www.roro44.com - roro44 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:16:46 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7328 I just got back from driving a friend to pick up his bike from the bike store. It was not open yet, so I took him over to Starbucks to get a cup of coffee. I don't do Starbucks as I think it is a joke paying $4 for a cup of coffee. While in the parking lot with my great, roomy zero emission city car, a Honda Fit( the best car I have ever owed). I just had to chuckle at all of the idiots in their SUV's and big trucks trying to find a spot they could get their behomths into. One guy in an Infinity finally found a space he could fit into after the third try....by that time my friend was already back with his coffee and we were out of the parking lot. Americans will soon be getting the lesson of thier lifetime in the next few years. Change is on the way....get used to it! - Alex Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:25:01 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7323 You know, buying 1 diesel pickup can offset as many as 100 Priuses!!! - Smoker Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:17:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7322 Prius Offsets? Buy DIESEL!!! - Smoker Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:14:26 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7321 And not a one of you mentioned performance. Yes, tire smoking, push you back in your seat performance. Before you start, it has NOTHING to do with lacking in other areas, IT'S FUN!! Bring me a hybrid that can run with todays high performance models, and I may be interested. It doesn't have to be Corvette Z06 quick, but Mustang GT quick would be nice. My company truck isn't quick; and I'm in the roofing business, so don't start on that, and niether is our family car; which we did downgrade from a Suburban to an Ion for my wifes former commute. I have an old hot rod I fixing up. I'm going to replace the current engine with a big block, lots of torque. Boy, will that be FUN. One, it will not be my main mode of transport. Two, I will be putting an overdrive transmission in it and make other alterations to help acheive the best mileage possible. Three, it will most likely get better mileage than the work truck I will be driving most of the time, out of neccessity. You guys don't even talk about driving as being something fun, and it can't be fun if you don't enjoy the vehicle. I'm glad some of you can get you kicks from seeing just how many miles per gallon you can get, or how many miles more you can get more than someone else. I'm glad some of you like being able to be so uber smug about having the "greenest" next new thing. That's great, because you are going to off-set some of the fun I and those like me are going to have. On a related note, the Vikings farmed Iceland in the twelve and thirteen hundreds. Seems to me the earth must have been significantly warmer then than now. I just ask you look at the past for as far as you can see and think. - Roadrunner Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:03:44 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7306 It's going to be harder to change people's attitudes than to change the efficiency of automobiles. Yes, there are going to be those who drive Cadillac Escalades for show (my employer) and there are those who drive Cadillac Escalades in order to fit three children's safety seats in the back seat (my niece). Occasionally they are BOTH going to be driving down the road with no passengers, with people making judgements on them. Some people have the need for large vehicles or full-size pick-up trucks. I, myself, as an estate gardener, tried to get by with a small Toyota pick-up and found I was using more gas because I was making so many trips back and forth to pick up plants and supplies that wouldn't fit in the truck bed. I sold it abn switched to a ful-size Chevy and cut my gas usage in half. Yes it's the only vehicle I have and is also my personal vehicle, so that situation makes me think twice about the errands I run. I don't just run out to Target whenever I feel like it; I combine trips in a route to be more efficient. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that ALL attitudes must change. You who drive the tiny little gas-sipping vehicles need to realize that there is a need for larger vehicle and that, at times, they are the more efficient choice based on the needs of the driver. The gas-guzzlers who drive large vehicles for vanity's sake need to learn that there are better, less environmantally detrimental ways to look cool. In the meantime, we need the hybrid SUVs to help everyone gravitate to the middle. Another personal note...my Faithful Chevy truck, Betty, is about to go and live on a friend's farm in the Texas Hill country where she'll only be driven a few hundred miles a year. I'm about to but a hybrid SUV to haul flower arrangements about for a floral design business. I'm glad to know there is something large enough for me to use to cut down, again, on the back and forth trips that waste so much gas. - Mary Matthews Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:05:58 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7301 Do people really think the government should step in and stop production of SUV's? I don't want the government telling me I can't drive the car of my choice. All these government programs are absurd ... you really want people to stop driving huge trucks that get 10 mpg, put a huge tax on gasoline! If someone wants to drive a Hummer while paying down our national debt, I'm OK with it ... but you'd be amazed at how quickly people would abandon their gas-guzzlers at $5 / gallon! (You'll see it soon enough - except it will be the middle east and Exxon taking the lion's share instead of the U.S. people). - Andrew Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:11:14 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7293 I have a family of 12 and need it. Well if you have a family of 12 what are you doing pretending to care about ecology in the first place? Over population is the root cause of most of the problems today. If you have a 5 or 6 person family, we all managed to get by before SUVs. So that is just BS!! In the second place, what we see driving on California freeways every day are 90% of SUVs being driven by a single occupant as a commute car. That occupant is almost always trying to use a huge vehicle to compensate for a shortage elsewhere. That goes for women too. They get behind the wheel of one of those monsters and suddenly they are as powerful as Schwarzenegger. So I laugh at all you "my dogs bigger than your dog" obliviots when I see you pumping a week's pay into your gas tank. I do have a lot of sympathy for those folks who really do need the 4 wheel drive though. - Wascal Wabbit Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:13:06 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7291 you hybrid whiners are a bunch of stupid lesbian hippies. yes, skinny bearded 30 yr old college dudes included. Some people NEED a large truck. Get over it. Quit being such crybabies and realize that not everyone is like you or wants to be. - bob Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:21:55 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7286 Okay, I am all for making the earth a better place. But when you live where I do, if you don't have a four wheel drive in the winter, you are stranded at home. And I have to own a large four wheel drive because I have three small children that are in three car seats who cannot fit next to each other. What am I to do in the winter if one of my children needs to go to the ER? Walk? Not everyone can drive a teeny car that gets the best mileage, we just all have to do what we can with what we have. - Angie Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:37:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7268 If you are lucky enough to live in Colorado or another area that ocasionally gets heavy snow, you need a 4WD vehicle just to get around. Don't knock SUV's if you've never lived someplace where people get stuck in a blizzard and die in their cars. - Herb C Ragle Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:53:49 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7263 ... that fuel economy is increased with an SUV by the number of people it can hold?. In my case, I do regularly haul a family of 7. Taking two 4-passenger compact cars just isn't going to cut it. Granted, there are a significant number of SUVs you might witness with a single occupant, but you might tend to make mental note of that more often than you notice one full of family, too. - Fireball Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:18:46 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-7262 You must be kidding with this GMC "green machine". I drive a 2007 Lexus RX350 with 270 HP and do lots better than that. On a 6000 mile trip I got up to 26 mpg and never got under 21 mpg. Downsize a little instead of buying those big SUV's. - Harvey Bails Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:14:11 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-6282 Perhaps this thing could take over for my pickup, or be good to take the entire family (Including son's in law's) on a trip, but I don't see it as a daily driver. - Uncle Mike Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:26:37 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1023#comment-6101 http://www.forex.co.ir http://www.meta-fx.com forex فاركس - gfh Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:25:51 +0100