Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to a study by Volkswagen, IIRC about 80 % of the energy used by a car during its lifetime is from the fuel. Manufacturing takes about 15 % and 5 % goes to making the fuel. So it pays making cars more fuel efficient. All the best! Raimo Lottermoser George wrote: > I believe that some of these studies take into account the entire life > of the vehicle, as Doug mentioned, from smelting the metals to > disposal of the heap at the end of its usefulness. Which, from an > environmental point of view - certainly makes sense. if we truly cared > about the environmental impact of our lives and our stuff - we'd get > very serious about how to keep our tools (and vehicles) running and > performing for a life time or two. Was a time when a tradesman's tools > wore out about the time the tradesman wore out. My grandfather was a > cabinet maker. His auger and crank drill were about done when he died > (he didn't own a power tool). All of his planes are still quite useable. > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> On 3/11/08, simon jessurun <simon.apekop@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I read a study that a H1 is actually less of a burden on the >>> environment >>> then a prius because of the batterypack. >> >> >> Does that really make sense to you Simon? Think about it. >> >> Toyota Prius II Battery Pack uses 38 prismatic NiMH modules. Each >> module consists of six 1.2 V cells connected in series. The module >> has a nominal voltage of 7.2 V, capacity of 6.5 Ah, weighs 1.04 kg, >> and has dimensions of 19.6mm(W) x 106mm(H) x 275mm(L). >> >> Lab data says it can go 290,000km without degradation. >> >> Read this: >> >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/fingerlakespermaculture@lists.mutualaid.org/msg00223.html >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >