Ford Fusion Or Toyota Prius: Environmentalist's Vacation Dilemma - Green Car Reports
Carbon guilt weighed heavily on my mind as I approached the car rental counter at the Salt Lake City Airport. The book I was reading on the plane ( Sustainable Energy , by David JC Mackay) suggested that my portion of the energy for the round-trip plane ride from Boston and back would amount to roughly 12,000 kilowatt-hours. That is roughly equal to a full year’s electricity use for the average American home--or three years' usage in an energy-efficient home like mine. DON'T MISS: 2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid & Energi Models To Get $900 Price Cut. The carbon footprint of the rental car I intended to pick up was another story. Renting an electric car for the road trip from Salt Lake City up to Yellowstone Park and the Tetons seemed unfeasible in an area deliberately left underdeveloped. So I decided to make do with the most efficient gas car sold in the U. S. , the 50-mpg Toyota Prius. That was my intent, at least, until I found that the Prius is viewed as a "Premium Car" by rental companies. But despite the signs saying that rental cars were available at the counter, the rental agent informed me that they didn’t have any cars to rent. Source: www.greencarreports.com
