The whiners are just jealous because these are four wheel vehicles, with air conditioning and a decent sound system, and relatively large cargo capacity, that get 50% better gas mileage their favorite motorcycles.
So ... they blame the tree huggers, who I guess must be people who actually care about polluting. And they stereotype the people who choose ecologically responsible vehicles. And they call the folks they don't like "gay." As though they were 5th grade level bullies.
Well, here let's break that down, jealous of 4 wheels ... Never, it's the moron mode of transport.
Air conditioning... Mine works better, it's called the throttle.
Cargo... Well im a professional not a trucker, so, w/e if I need to move I'll rent a uhaul.
50% better mileage ... Somebody needs to learn to math. If I ride the rocket for mileage I have zero issues clearing 45mpg when tuned for power. If I were to actually tune it for mileage, I could easily improve that by about 10%, so your 50mpg suddenly is 0.5mpg better than the rocket...lol
On the other hand, the rocket gets 25 mpg when I'm riding as an ass, as is normal. The Prius gets 16 driving it hard, so which is better now?
Personally I see nothing wrong with trying help the environment, or being gay, and I don't equate the two, BUT, the Prius ISNT any better for the environment than my rocket is, flat out. Go research the worlds most deadly lake, the worlds most contaminated country, and the manufacturing by-products that go into making huge LiON cells used in hybrids. It is not sustainable, it is not reusable, and it creates worn out batteries that fester as refined toxic sources for many years after being removed from service. The sources of the fine earth metals are very limited and in most cases, can only be mined using the most damaging methods of extraction.
The reality is, the Prius is just another method of cleaning up the Western world while offloading the environmental burden into China, as are many other modern devices. I can live with that, but most people, when faced with the reality, get angry at being accused of being bound to a caste system that places China at the bottom, in the role of nearly slave labor.
THAT, coupled with the fact that the Prius is a ****e car that gets ****e mileage when compared to a properly built and tuned turbo 4 cylinder motor, is why I immediately put prius champions in the "too dumb to take seriously my" category.
My custom built turbo Dodge 2.0 420a motor got 55mpg, made 400hp, and passed a smog test with no SAI, CAT, or evap canister on a California smog check. So where is the auto industry answer to that?!
You want a real environmentally responsible vehicle? Buy a bycicle or a hydrogen fuel cell car, anything short of those is just a comfort blanket for the gullible or ignorant.