Hummer Drivers Green With Envy

Ha - from the UK. That'll drive Monbiot batty.

that is not a Chieftan main battle tank. It is an infantry fighting vehicle.

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

if driven quietly, this gets around 1mpg from what a quick web search shows me. So taking 12 people in that thing (what it seats comfortably), you'd have the equivalent of a 12mpg car with only one person in it.

The average SUV gets something like 12-15mpg -- in the ballpark for doing similar environmental damage per-person-trip if there's only one person in the SUV.

Take a prius doing 39mpg, you'd need 3 prius's to carry the same number of people as the tank, which works out to 13mpg if you treated the 3 cars as one for the sake of fuel consumption. Still better than the 1mpg that the tank gets though for an equivalent analysis though. The fact that it's ONLY 10x the fuel per-person-trip than a modern, light, efficient car is surprising to me - I would have thought a tank would be closer to 100x than 10x more wasteful.

I suspect most people see the tank as crazy... I don't, it's basically a one-off specialist vehicle that they're charging a LOT of money for (which means it'll almost never get driven) and has a similar environmental impact to a SUV being driven with one person in it. Add up the millions on millions of SUV's and it should be pretty clear that a 12seat tank getting 1mpg isn't really that crazy from an environmental standpoint -- it just appears it at first glance.

SInce it's a diesel, they should at least consider filling it with biodiesel.... I say if you're going to waste, at least make sure you're wasting environmentally benign, renewable energy.

Why even bother bitching about something like this? It's a one-off, a novelty. These are not out there (like hummers) clogging up our motorways and burning gas like there's no tomorrow.

Frankly, I think it's awesome as a novelty limo. I'd happily pay for the diesel it would take to drive me somewhere in this.

The true gas guzzling is happening in the consumer sector, with inefficient civilian vehicles. Hell, even the US military, with vehicles similar to this, are very actively pursuing hybrid and other gas-saving and cleaner/greener methods of moving people around and/or keeping them armored while doing it.

Again, nothing more than a novelty and no harm to the environment in and of itself compared to the millions of inefficient cars out there.

In fact, I'm surprised you guys haven't pointed out the most awesome thing about vehicles like this! They are diesel! They can run on CLEAN fuels like biodiesel and alcohol!

Can I use the turrent to shot grizzlies, grey wolf and baby seals? - while drinking some bubbly out of styofoam cups? Fun!

Wow, how romantic. This actually ranks BELOW Las-Vegas shotgun weddings!

You never know when you'll come under RPG attack on your way the the prom.

What will the treads do to the roads??

Take a prius doing 39mpg

Take a non-existent vehicle?

You can get special road treads with more rubber.
Also, so long as they're new, standard issue treads shouldn't do too much damage. I used to be a Bradley driver and gunner

Hey you forget one important aspect of driving a tank. You will not waste fuel sitting in traffic as you can go over or through it and unlike the Prius there is no need to stay on the road. You can make a short cut straight through the Old Groth forest. Also if you happen to kill a spotted owl on the way, you can cook it right their in the tank. I hear they tase similar to Bald eagle and California Condor. An organic meal for sure. COOL! ;-D

This tank limo looks really great. It seems this vehicle is fully loaded with all the comforts and extras you could ever wish for. Take a look at this monster! You’re the luckiest person in this world if you have got a chance to taste the ultimate luxurious voyage in such a limo.