Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FYI More debate on the Hummer vs Hybrid issue. http://www.mail-archive.com/fingerlakespermaculture@lists.mutualaid.org/ msg00223.html http://www.hybridcenter.org/hybrid-vs-hummer.html If you can believe the second article, it looks like there is a loop hole that might just get you an M8 with tax savings.... Don >BTW what's usually missing from the green car equation is the embedded energy cost, typically about 50% of the energy consumed by a >vehicle over its useful "lifetime" from ore to rust. That means that only half more or less of the energy a vehicle uses is accounted for at >>the fuel pump. The other half is consumed in making and recycling the car. A vehicle with lots of aluminum and plastics will do better at >the pump, and worse during manufacture. And then there's the energy and disposal cost of batteries.... YMMV. >Doug Herr