Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Max towing number released

bmanning wrote:
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You should get a prize for pointing this out; no one ever considers these type of things when the conversation goes "green."

I love the people that frown upon large SUVs as symbols of excess and gluttony; what are you supposed to do if you have 3 or 4 (or more) kids? Drive 2 hybrid sedans instead of 1 SUV?

I believe protecting the environment is very important but you can't just throw logic out the window.

Rant and hijack over.

As far as the Ram 1500 diesel, I think it has the potential to be a big hit but as with all things, time will tell.

Generally speaking, I don't like most folks who own/drive SUV's and
Pickups from a fashion statement point of view. This coming from one
with a 3/4 ton Suburban, but often I do fill most of the seat belts

When still married, soon to be 'ex' decided to join our church women's
axillary

Signed me up to bus a few gals to a function...all the way over they
gave me a bad time about my gas hog...

Didn't come back to pick them up and heard they were miffed having to
bum rides from other members. Most of them have Honda's and Toyota's
Grinned huge...as most of those gals outweighed me by over 100lbs and
the thought of them squeezing into an econo box was funny beyond...

Back on power and that carbon or green footprint...

If it provides energy, it pollutes in some fashion.

An all electric vehicle has to get it from the grid, which has coal
fired and other sourced energy. Huge polluters

Even if solar cells providing electrical power, the food chain of making
solar cells is no different than a computer chip and all of the haz mat
chemicals involved

Ditto wind power and geothermal (I've designed geothermal generators
out in Gyserville Calif and know that food chain

Even my bicycling's food chain has a carbon and green footprint...the
bicycle itself has a food chain filled with carbon based and the food
also has a carbon footprint (even organically grown)