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Originally Posted by willravel
If you lived in 100+ degree weather, you'd be a 'douchebag', too. Rolling down the windows allows hot air from the outside of the car into the already hot car, not improving the temperature of the air. AC can be necessary when it's hot. The bottom line is that running the AC shouldn't bring you from 51 mpg to 30.
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I gotta disagree about it being necesary. For hundreds of years people have lived in deserts before the advent of cars or air conditioning. People are used to having it available is all. But agreed, AC shouldnt drop you that low. But the overall combination of being a lead foot, the AC and some possible engine issue certainly could. And it sounds like he's loading it to nearly its weight capacity as well. Big friggin surprise.
Personally, I think hybrids are a joke. They don't really improve mileage. They don't really take us through the necesary steps toward getting rid of fossil fuels. They just use the same ole technology augmented by an electric motor.... Which gets powered by fossil fuels. They are, in essence, pointless.