>>>We're with you on many of those. Others, not so much. I like salted butter--I view it as one of the wonderful ways of bringing salt to my body. <s>
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>>But do you really need that much salt?
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>Need? Of course not. But I like it and I'm fortunate enough not to have salt-sensitive hypertension (or any other kind, so far).
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>>>Certainly no SUVs around here and our 13-year-old minivan finally gave up the ghost over the summer, so we're all driving mid-size cars now. I miss that van, though.
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>>Judging by our needs at the moment, I'd just get a Smart, or something completely plug-in-electric.
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>I've be afraid to drive a Smart car on American roads with all the tanks. My older son has the Civic hybrid and loves it. We really wanted to get a hybrid when got a new car for Marshal this summer and couldn't find one that fit our needs (and wants, in terms of convenience items).
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>Tamar
There's a popular electric car catching on over here called the g-wiz
http://www.goingreen.co.uk/storeit did very badly in the crash tests and may be banned.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article1764088.ece
