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Your ideas for One Fewer SUV: Mythbusters destruction, engine conversions, and everything else

I read every last one of your emails and comments. Today I’m going to share with you the suggestions I received. As you’ll notice, they ranged from the recklessly destructive to the artistic and sustainable.

We’ll be voting soon, but not yet. Until then, here is a list of many of the ideas I received, in no particular order… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Aug 01.08 in Ideas. 13 comments »

One Fewer in Alaska

After reading 900 emails this weekend, I must say that there is a near unanimous call to ensure that the One Fewer Range Rover isn’t blown up or hucked into the Pacific Ocean, and I agree wholeheartedly. I especially appreciated 4th grade teacher, Jackie C.’s response that young onlookers would “think it’s ‘cool’ to see an expensive car blown up or flung into the ocean and will probably ask their parents to do the same, but” miss the grander idea of making big changes in our lives to protect the resources on which we depend.

I also received dozens of emails passionately describing why global warming is a myth, from volcanic eruptions causing more than the CO2 produced by human beings in a year to debates that seem to be getting nowhere fast.

Then I came across an email from Garret S., from Alaska, Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Jul 28.08 in Stories. 7 comments »

One Fewer… Over 30,000 viewers, 1,000 emails and comments, and 2 therapy sessions later

If you made it this far, you likely saw the posts on Wired (which made its way to the Yahoo’s home page), Treehugger, or Digg. Thanks to all of you, I now have 800 emails with your ideas, as well as 400 comments to read.

Stay tuned on Monday next week, when I’ll share some of the best ideas.

And by the way, I am fully aware that blowing the Rover up or launching it into the Pacific Ocean would be environmentally unconscionable. That’s why I’m asking all of you to help me.

The picture I ran around like crazy to take for Wired yesterday. Apparently not everyone likes the Ghostbusters.

Posted on Jul 25.08 in Misc. 28 comments »

Range Rover Sport, soon to be off the road forever

One Fewer SUV: the Range Rover Sport that will soon be flung into a canyon, blown up, or whatever you vote to do to it. Here it is, feast your eyes on it while it’s still around.

Safari Adventure

I bought this Range Rover brand new in 2006 from the Land Rover dealership. Buying a Land Rover is actually a pretty fun experience, since they treat you like the Queen on a African safari adventure. Even if the roughest terrain your Rover will ever see is the parking lot at Whole Foods (as is the case for most), your Land Rover guide will immediately put you in the passenger seat and take you on their man made off road course and laugh as you sweat bullets swearing that he’s about to roll the SUV on to the passenger window, which appears only inches from the ground. Forget Disneyland, that was fun.

Off-road super toy

Obviously the sheer size, weight, and inefficiency of the Range Rover Sport is the reason for this site. 13 miles per gallon just ain’t good enough. Get your stuff together, Ford Land Rover, luxury doesn’t have to mean pissing gas out the tailpipe.

The Range Rover Sport comes with a 4.4 liter, 300 horsepower Jaguar V8 engine with permanent 4 wheel drive, a 6 speed automatic transmission, and 19″ wheels, standard. Flip the Terrain Response knob (shown in image) to the little picture of a cactus and the whole vehicle will raise up, providing more clearance, as well as tune throttle response, suspension and torque to the specified terrain (cactus means sand, if you aren’t British or in Kindergarten still). This vehicle seriously handles like a sports car, which is great for making friends scream as you rip around freeway on ramps, but the thing drinks like a sailor. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Jul 20.08 in One Fewer SUV. 550 comments »