Comment Re:Solution? (Score 1) 1042
I think this was aimed mostly at families with more than one car. Lets say one car is a smaller car that gets 33 mpg and the other is a large truck that gets 10 mpg. If they are both driven the same distance it would be better for that family to get a new truck that gets 20 mpg than it would be for them to replace their 33 mpg car with a 50 mpg car.
(that is assuming though that they need both a truck and a car. In a lot of rural areas having a truck to haul stuff is very handy.)