The Lesser of Two Hummers

Cheer up you urban warriors of the world - despite all that talk about lowering carbon emissions, all that global warming gloom and doom, thanks to the H3, Hummer sales are up 53% this year! This amazing news comes to us via John Neff, writing in AOL's Autoblog. He seems pretty amazed himself:

As sales of other truck-based SUVs have fallen in line with the H2's, the H3 appears resistant to this correction, most likely because it's seen as a more responsible choice than its big brother, yet still a HUMMER. Of course, lots of vehicles tread lightly on the earth compared to the H2, but the H3 is no Escape Hybrid. It's still a vehicle that weighs 4,700 lbs. and gets an EPA estimated 15/20 mpg . (...) While it's much more capable than said Escape off the beaten path, that won't save it when the allure of the HUMMER name fades and consumers realize they don't need a vehicle with a 36.5-degree departure angle to pick up the kids from soccer. This shift in perception has already happened to every other truck-based SUV, and it will happen to the H3 eventually, too. (My emphasis)

So enjoy pretending to be Arnold Schwarzneggar while you can, urban warrior idiots, as the rest of us regard you with barely controlled disbelief and loathing. Ok, no, strike that - I meant completely undisguised disbelief and loathing, at such an attitude of arrogantly blind contempt for the planet you live on.

Tags: global warming, hummer sales, urban warriors

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