This is going to be a short, to the point, blunt diary as this consumer product is at the very top of my pet peeve list.
Did I forget anything? Don't leave home without it!
There is no more perfect an example of ass-backward super-consumerism than the American recreational vehicle better known as the
RV. Averaging roughly
4-18 miles per gallon these behemoths of the road cater to the super-consuming spoiled tourist encouraged to exist and actually admired in this country.
You see them every day of the summer on our nation's freeways and highways. The mobile home on wheels with the car or truck and dirt bikes in tow. It is the “don’t leave home without it” ideal summer vacation aspired to in the good old USA!
The recreational vehicle industry symbolize everything wrong with the United States of America's energy policy.
There have been some vain attempts in the industry to make these gas guzzlers a little more efficient but not nearly enough in my opinion.
Follow below the orange hairpiece for that scoop.
In 2008 Freightliner introduced the first ever fuel/electric hybrid motorhome chasses at the RVDA trade show in Louisville called the "EcoFred". Informal tests have shown fuel mileage gains in the range of 7-19% vs diesel only and perhaps as much as 42% vs a gas engine coach.
During the summer of 2009,Brad and Amy Herzog, spokespeople for the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA, used a Winnebago motorhome equipped with a eco-Fred chassis.
He had this to say about the concept vehicle:
"I'm thrilled to be driving this concept hybrid RV from Winnebago Industries," said Herzog. "There are many ways in which RVing teaches Earth-friendly lessons -- just by doing things like visiting natural wonders, shopping at farmers' markets and reducing consumption and home energy use. But the Adventurer hybrid is an exciting step forward in the industry's green initiatives. I've always reduced the RV vacation advantage to four Fs -- fun, family, flexibility and financial savings. But now I can add a fifth -- facing the future."
Now that quote is one of the best examples of cogniitive dissonance I've ever encountered. Not sure what future he's facing or what drugs he's been taking to be able to see that future but it looks nothing like the one I'm seeing. Just makes me want to say Holy Shit!
This is the end of the road for this diary. I wish it was the end of the road for RV's instead.
The Church of the Holy Shitters will post articles on our holy S.H.I.T. day ( So Happy It's Thursday)
Last week: 7/10/14 - Don't Piss Off Piss!
Next week: 7/24/14 - Ecotourism - Zip It!
Hoping to add some humor, provoke thought, spark debate, deepen understanding, and shed some light on the fecal side.
Remember: "If we really want to straighten out all this crap we really need to think about shit." ( Shitbit by Poop John the First of the Church of the Holy Shitters)
Church of the Holy Shitters
A secular environmental religion, scientifically based, with a focus on the psychology of it all. Our ego is the culprit when it comes to dealing with climate change. We cannot save the planet. We can only save ourselves. Our current egotistical self-perception makes that prospect a dubious one at best. Meekness, humility and a realization that our shit does stink, guides us on our path to true sustainable living and climate equilibrium.
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