Yaris vs. Prius C

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Originally Posted by bronsin

Oh thankyou for giving me the opportunity to answer my favorite question!

Which I have done time and again as many people here will remember!

At least you have a wonderful sense of humor re this topic .

Buying a Prius C is not cost effective. You will never make up the difference in gas saved unless gas is like $9 a gallon.

A bit of hyperbole, but it is closer to being true in New Jersey (is my previous searches are any indication) than in any other state. IMO, this is because Toyota dealers in New Jersey tend to order Prius c Threes and Pirius c Fours rather than Prius c Ones and Prius c Twos. They also load the orders with factory options. This unfortunate state of affairs (I suppose) could have to do with the realationship between the dealers and the distributor. Pac stickers also seem to be more common in New Jersey (and THAT IS a dealer issue). The car is the Prius c, not the Prius C (once you noted that the Yaris of yesteryear is an ECHO not an Echo, I've always promoted that distinction ).

If I was rich I would buy a Prius however. I think its important to do everything we can for the environment.

It depends on how many miles one drives. The carbon footprint of the battery is part of the equation. One doesn't overcome the totality of that footprint until the odometer hits 85,000 miles.

Also we need to stick it to the man the oil companies or we will be paying $10 a gallon for gas.

How is it that you (wonderfully) stood as strong as an oak re expressing your opinions to leftie professors at St John's, yet you now join with the lefties in demonizing oil companies ()? Oil companies are a target for demonization by lefties because of the overall dollar amount of their revenues and the overall dollar amount of their profits. This is beside the point because it doesn't take into account the amount they have to spend (the investment) to generate those revenues and profits. The only relevant figure, especially in an argument re 'gouging', is profit margin. Look at the profit margin of Exxon Mobil vs the profit margin of Apple. The difference is astounding. The difference has sometimes been more than 300 percent. Why has Exxon Mobil been demonized and had people say they gouge, and Apple not? Clearly, Apple's profit margin shows that they are the ones who are outside the norm. One could probably write an entire book exploring just that question. However, one could argue there are two reasons that are elephants in that room....that the left has a stranglehold on the education system in this country, and that they dominate the mindset of the entertainment industry in this country. Also, the largest 'piece of the pie' re the cost of a gallon of gas is the 'tax piece' ($ going toward taxes)....FAR larger than any other 'piece of the pie'. Apple is 'cool' . Oil companies are not. One could assert that oil companies are also demonized for environmental reasons but, IMO, unless the people promoting that demonization are living as primitive hunter gatherers, they are demonizing from proverbial glass houses.

if everyone drove a Yaris

What a wonderful thought .