"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> George wrote:
>>
>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> > "George" > wrote in message
>> > . ..
>> >> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> So, they use too much oil. So do you. You happily buy products in
>> >>> excessive packaging. Might be made from recycled plastic, might not.
>> >>> You
>> >>> don't care, though, as long as it's convenient for you.
>> >> Anyone with an aircraft carrier vehicle is wasting oil way above and
>> >> beyond what they and others might be wasting on "convenience".
>> >>
>> >> Also not everyone "happily buys products in excessive packaging". We
>> >> take
>> >> reusable bags to the store so we aren't wasting plastic and often buy
>> >> products at smaller merchants and farm markets etc where minimal or no
>> >> packaging is used. I am quite sure we are not the only ones.
>> >
>> >
>> > I never said "everyone". I'm focused right now on Om's hypocrisy. She
>> > points
>> > to passenger tanks as wasteful, but chooses to buy products with
>> > excessive
>> > packaging. And, it doesn't really matter if the stuff is recycled. It
>> > still
>> > uses energy to make that happen.
>> >
>> >
>> You are missing my point. Suppose family "A" and family "B" are
>> identical in every way (including buying overpackaged items)except
>> family "A" has his & hers personal aircraft carriers in the driveway and
>> family "B" has normal cars. Which one is more wasteful?
>
> Insufficient information. Annual mileage / use of vehicle required for a
> relevant answer.

I assumed family A had a couple of Escalades and family B had something like
a couple of Corollas. You don't need gas mileage data to take it from there.
The only Corolla that gets 12 mpg (like an Escalade) is a broken Corolla.