I read it this morning also, the Times in my my daily list. As usual they didn't get the demographic part correct; we don't all manage our portfolio before we jog on the beach. It does, however present an attractive view.

I believe that there needs to be some "green" comparisons done; hard scientific evidence that would serve as an industry reply. We might get only 8 mpg, but I know that we use less water and electricity now than when we were in the stick house. I am reasonably certain our "carbon footprint" is smaller than it was pre-fulltime.

Mike

Without sounding like a broken record, what we read and view from the news media is far too often poorly researched or written to only reflect either the viewpoint of the writer, the assingment editor or a lobby group.

We each should send an e-mail to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) www.rvia.org, the association of RV virtually all manufacturers, and to the Family Motor Coach Association )FMCA www.fmca.com urging them to set the record straight.  Both have a dog in this fight, as do we.

Granted the FMCA membership is for "powered RVs" only, but the article was about all of us.  We need not identify whether we drive or tow our  RVs.  The article is painting a perception to legislators who can regulate all of us in the future.

I, for one, shall send an e-mail asking these two organizations to retort the article.  How often do our RVs remain unmoved for weeks, if not months, at a time consuming not a single drop of fossil fuels?  We simply do not drive everyday.

Those who do not express the real picture, cannot change the perception presented by errant and irresponsible editorial news writers.

Charles (now stepping off the soapbox)

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I read it this morning also, the Times in my my daily list. As usual they didn't get the demographic part correct; we don't all manage our portfolio before we jog on the beach. It does, however present an attractive view.

I believe that there needs to be some "green" comparisons done; hard scientific evidence that would serve as an industry reply. We might get only 8 mpg, but I know that we use less water and electricity now than when we were in the stick house. I am reasonably certain our "carbon footprint" is smaller than it was pre-fulltime.

Mike

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Here Here! I like your thinking.  Politicians can be very temperamental though not to mention their lobbyist groups.  I don't think they like our freedom to roam too much nor the idea that we live more inexpensively either. To get the word out that we are "greener" (than Al Gore) and we don't travel thousands of miles a month would certainly help. . Due to the humidity this past summer here in St. Pete I left the air on all the time because I didn't want the fabrics in my MH to get damp and mold. My electric bill was still less than half of the stick house owners I've been acquainted with down here. Yes, we are more green!!!!, and a great group of folk too!!