idiot newscasters

[orracle]

I was in CA earlier this week and they were doing a report on the high price of gas. They showed an SUV and the cost of filling up was $75.00.

Then they showed a Prius next to it and said "And even they have high costs! $40!"

Well, you dip, let's do math--yes, 10 gallons x $4 = $40.00. But the question you should have asked is "How often do they have to fill up? And how much emission is coming from them?"

[qbee42]

Your thread title is redundant.

Tom

[Sheepdog]

I didnt see the news cast so cannot be sure, but it sounds like he was just saying that even economy cars are spending a lot on gas now per gallon.

That much is true. He may not have really known that we can go 4 times as far with a gallon as most regular gas wasters. even smaller cars now are gas wasters if ICE only.

[theborghomeworld]

i gave up on TV news a long time ago. when I was a undergrad living in a dorm, i didn't have TV, so I just read my news online, etc.

when I went back home and watched the evening news, I couldn't believe how simplistic and sensational things were!!!!!! you can feel the intelligence draining away from you as you watched it.

not that online news is perfect, but anyways, i'll return...

Originally Posted by Sheepdog

even smaller cars now are gas wasters if ICE only.

to be fair, not everybody can afford a prius. but i know what you mean!

[Spoid]

Originally Posted by orracle

I was in CA earlier this week and they were doing a report on the high price of gas. They showed an SUV and the cost of filling up was $75.00.

Then they showed a Prius next to it and said "And even they have high costs! $40!"

Well, you dip, let's do math--yes, 10 gallons x $4 = $40.00. But the question you should have asked is "How often do they have to fill up? And how much emission is coming from them?"

In their defense, the piece was on the price of gas, not emissions. And I fill up my Prius about as often as I filled up my pickup, it just costs a lot less.

[billarb]

Originally Posted by qbee42

Your thread title is redundant.

Tom

Amen to that. Carefully listen to the words in Don Henley's song: Dirty Laundry!

He captures the essence of TV News.

[chogan2]

Originally Posted by theborghomeworld

i gave up on TV news a long time ago. when I was a undergrad living in a dorm, i didn't have TV, so I just read my news online, etc.

when I went back home and watched the evening news, I couldn't believe how simplistic and sensational things were!!!!!! you can feel the intelligence draining away from you as you watched it.

not that online news is perfect, but anyways, i'll return...

to be fair, not everybody can afford a prius. but i know what you mean!

An appropriate comment, given that it's national TV Turnoff Week.

http://www.screentime.org/index.php?...d=12&Itemid=21

Have you sponsored a TV Turnoff event in your community?

[subarutoo]

I've never been able to put 10 gal in mine. The most I do is 7 or 8, and I think the most I've paid is well under $30, so far, in sunny, overpriced, gas rip-off southern California.