The average passenger vehicle gets ~25mpg. Earlier this year, my commute was 5.7 miles meaning that an average car would use 0.456 gallons of gas to get me to and from work each day. I've now moved, and my commute is 12.4 miles. If I make this commute in a 45 mpg Prius (and I do), I use 0.551 gallons. So, despite the huge improvement in efficiency, it would have been better for the environment if I had stayed where I was and drove an average car. Driving a hybrid car is great, but we have to be realistic about what it really achieves.
The average passenger vehicle gets ~25mpg. Earlier this year, my commute was 5.7 miles meaning that an average car would use 0.456 gallons of gas to get me to and from work each day. I've now moved, and my commute is 12.4 miles. If I make this commute in a 45 mpg Prius (and I do), I use 0.551 gallons. So, despite the huge improvement in efficiency, it would have been better for the environment if I had stayed where I was and drove an average car. Driving a hybrid car is great, but we have to be realistic about what it really achieves.
But driving an Aston Martin V8 Vantage is so much better.
