Good point about Prius vs Focus. Anybody with a brain could figure out that one when they first hit the market. People who buy Priuses are paying a premium for their good feelings about conservation and being clean. Regular people can't afford that premium, neither should state agencies.

A better way, probably the best way, to conserve and be clean, is to simply drive less. Email, paper mail, walk, bicycle, bus, TRAX, all avoid the "need" to drive around in a guzzler. Start there. When (and if) hybrids become economically justifiable, then start purchasing and using them.

Make state agencies purchase cars sized for their usual use, not for their maximum use. I'm sure there's a need for a 7+ passenger suv once in a while, but 99% of the time a 2-3 passenger sedan will suffice. Or, in other words, get your butts into a sedan, you can fit, don't clobber me with taxes so you can spread out in a big suv.

LOL, "Real World Disconnect". So what else is new with Utah. This is the norm for the entire state of Utah.

State agencies already pay for the fuel they use. Div of Fleet bills currently bills all state agencies for the fuel they use plus a 3% admin charge. Don't be fooled by Margaret and her continuous attempts to deflect her shortcomings by blaming someone else.

How about eliminating the free gas that state appointed judges get to drive to work?

Even though that won't save the state millions of dollars, it would even the playing field when it comes to eating higher fuei costs we all have to endure as we pay our own way to drive to work.