I'm glad you showed up! Where have you been?
Please straighten this out, and correct the misunderstandings!
Considering the fact that the article attempts to do just that, and folks are totally disregarding the information presented and repeating what they've heard elsewhere, there's not much point in trying. For cripe's sake, there are folks still talking about plugging the cars into their houses when the first myth addressed in the article is exactly that!!! I think it's a case of people having a kneejerk default conservative reaction to anything (oh the irony!!!) that conserves fuel. It seems the current trend is to roundly castigate anyone who dares to get more than 10 miles to the gallon, as if driving gas guzzlers has become a litmus test for one's political leanings and people are afraid to be branded as a tree hugger for driving an efficient car. You can't have a rational discussion under these circumstances.