Hyper Milers

Brad commented in the previous post about these Hyper Milers (people who squeeze over a 100 miles per gallon from a Prius and outrageously high miles out of other standard cars). Here's the article, if you didn't follow his link; its really worth the read.

I think the reason this is worth reading, btw, is that most American males think people interested in saving fuel are long haired hippies who are probably gay and French. But what we have here seems to be just an all-American bloke with a big screen TV, three cars (two are SUVs), ride-on lawn mower, and all that. And yet, he sees the value of saving on fuel. He sees it from a practical perspective that would make Hank Hill offer a warm smile of camaraderie: in short, it's just a big fat waste not to save fuel. He was admittedly driven to this via fear about national reliance on foreign oil, but I appreciate his American pragmatism kicking in here.

Making this guy's story even more pragmatic is that you can e-mail this to your macho friends as a starting point for a discussion without threatening their sexuality.

Hey, what about having a manly competition in your group of friends or church to see who can exceed the manufacturer's reported mileage by whatever percentage (so V8s could compete with 4-Cylinders). As a prize to attract the competition, you could offer raw meat right off the bone of a freshly killed deer or something.