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From this article...

Quote:The winner is a 5,000-plus pound V8-powered full-size SUV—the all-new Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid.

How the hell can a vehicle that consumes 5,000lbs of material to make and has the fuel efficiency of a regular gas-powered car be considered the most green?

I have lost all respect for the current environmental movement -- anyone who follows this line of thinking is an absolute idiot -- or an incredible hypocrit.

And if you're going to vote on a green car, you may want to pick more objective means of judging than by the current panel of 'environmentalists'....

Quote:The Green Car of the Year is selected by a jury of environmental and industry leaders, along with four Green Car Journal editors. Invited jurors this year included Carroll Shelby, Jay Leno, Carl Pope (Sierra Club), Christopher Flavin (Worldwatch Institute), Jonathan Lash (World Resources Institute), and Jean-Michel Cousteau (Ocean Futures Society).

May be they just meant its green :)

you know like the colour green :). I've always been a fan of green cars and i've had 3 green cars.
95 Green Civic,
01 Green Focus Zx3
03 Green Focus ZTW :)

So does this make me green person :)

I too like green cars.... I've had a green Escort and a green Aerostar Sport :P
I think what the criteria probably entails is the entire process, from manufacture to disposal, including costs.

I think one method of reducing green house gases would be getting rid of KFC, McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Pizza, etc... in the states. That way they wouldn't need these over sized vehicles and at the same time they could reduce the waste.

sad..... real sad...........

Carroll Shelby has a British Racing Green race car. And I am pretty sure Jay Leno owns about 30 Green cars from the 40's and 50's.

thought you were going to say one from Rider Nation.

I wonder how much Gm paid to win that title... maybe it's a cover-up for their other nasty gas guzzlers (Hummers, etc...) that are getting away with murder on the road.