Forty Acres and a Hybrid Cadillac....

In June of 2007 someone asked me what I thought justice would be and I jokingly said 40 acres and a hybrid cadillac. Then the other day I got a call from a friend who told me that Cadillac had just put out a hybrid Escalade! (WHAH) okay, I was more than excited and immediately went to the website to check it out. I mean, I know I can't afford one on my salary but hey it's just one step closer to my personal dream of reparations.

What I found out though was a nightmare! Cadillac was trying to play its consumers (which we must admit is a lot of black and brown folk plus our grand parents) for fools. Although Cadillac is taking the first step towards greening their car line and now rappers, actors, ball players and grandmas will have a fly AND eco-friendly alternative, it still ain't no Prius. The Cadillac hybrid only gets 20 miles per gallon (Mpg). This is an upgrade compared to the 12mpg of a traditional Escalade but terrible when you compare it to the Toyota Prius which gets an estimated 48 mpg, or a regular engined Honda Civic Coupe which gets 36mpg.

The Hybrid Escalade might not be as bad on our environment as the original but it sure isn't doing much for the pocket book. So in my opinion. Wait it out on the hybrid Cadillac and purchase a bike instead. by the time we're all thousandiares they should have made it a little better. Maybe by then they'll even give me my forty acres too ;).