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We can do as the Europeans and Japanese do..... when it comes to hauling freight such as a big screen televison from Walmart. <br />A.) Rent a truck <br />B.) Have the store deliver <br />C.) Hire someone else to deliver <br /> <br />Why people claim they have to buy a SUV when their SUV never sees the light of day off a paved highway is beyond me... Why people claim they have to have a pickup when the largest thing they have ever hauled in its bed is a big screen television is beyond me.... <br /> <br />Yes, even ranchers and farmers in Europe and Japan manage to do well using the above options without a pickup..... <br /> <br />And there is always the 4 cyclinder compact pickup..... <br /> <br />Up until the new release of the 2004 Volkswagen Golf this year, for the past 3 years the largest selling car in Europe was the Volkswagen Lupo....then the Volkswagen Polo, and then the Volkswagen Golf. The Lupo is a three cyclinder very small car, what the Europeans are calling a city car, which gets over 60 MPG in its diesel configuration.... <br /> <br />In Europe a fuel efficient vehicle is 60 MPG, in America most think 30 MPG is fuel efficient..... That's the problem! <br /> <br />As for large houses, dream on! A new large house with all the modern energy efficiencies don't save you half your electricity bill.... what's saved in heating and air conditioning is wasted on more lights and applicances being used.... <br /> <br />A new small house with all the modern energy efficiencies will result in half the energy bill of a new large house twice as large,,,,, Lets not compare old houses with new.....that's like comparing apples with oranges.....
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