(I'll be specific since there seems to be a bit of ambiguity here) I stopped watching 99.9999% broadcast television about 7 years ago, and I primarily use the TV for watching movies from Netflix. The other 0.0001% of the time the TV is not on a DVD is because there is a hurricane or tropical storm nearby me (Miami) and having the TV on to see possible evacuation orders is easier than listening to someone describe it on the radio.
I'll even up the snobbery a little bit in that the ONLY terrestrial radio I have listened to in the past two years is NPR ;-P However I do listen to streaming internet music, but I only loosely call that as *radio*.
Oh, and why did I stop? I'd say a mix of #1 and #2.
You will find a lot of small cars from the past that can do this, stepping back to the mid 80's you have the Geo Metro / Suzuki Swift that could pull 45mpg, Honda CRX's in the high 50's, and countless other small hatchbacks.
But you know what the difference is between a car then and now is? Back then you basically had a body, motor, and seat belts. None of this front/rear/side airbags, ABS, Traction Control, independent suspension, crumple zones, plush interiors, etc... All those things add up to lots of weight, and with more weight you need an larger engine, and with a larger engine, you need more gas.
One of the heads at Honda said basically the same thing when asked why they can't build cars with the kinds of MPG they had back in the days.
I stopped watching 99.9999% broadcast television about 7 years ago, and I primarily use the TV for watching movies from Netflix. The other 0.0001% of the time the TV is not on a DVD is because there is a hurricane or tropical storm nearby me (Miami) and having the TV on to see possible evacuation orders is easier than listening to someone describe it on the radio.
I'll even up the snobbery a little bit in that the ONLY terrestrial radio I have listened to in the past two years is NPR ;-P However I do listen to streaming internet music, but I only loosely call that as *radio*.
Oh, and why did I stop? I'd say a mix of #1 and #2.
But you know what the difference is between a car then and now is? Back then you basically had a body, motor, and seat belts. None of this front/rear/side airbags, ABS, Traction Control, independent suspension, crumple zones, plush interiors, etc...
All those things add up to lots of weight, and with more weight you need an larger engine, and with a larger engine, you need more gas.
One of the heads at Honda said basically the same thing when asked why they can't build cars with the kinds of MPG they had back in the days.