editorandpublisher.com — in a surprise, 57% say they will consider buying a hybrid car when replacing their current vehicle. About half of Americans report economizing in general in order to compensate for the increase in gas prices over the past year.
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noondayApr 11, 2006
All I can say to this poorly written piece is that what it says is the equivalent of "NEWS FLASH: Capitalism works." The author must have had quite a time trying to come up with his take on Americans realizing that Hybrid technology was going to continue to get better over the next decade and would become much more efficient than the current gasoline technology. I mean, is there anyone who doubts that 20 years from now pretty much every car manufactured by and for the US will have incorporated some form of hybrid technology (barring some unforseen much better technology)?The author needs some help, just like most news "reporters", or shall I say over-opinionated, openly-biased, columnist who only presents his/her own pre-concieved notions of what "information" they waant to feed people with no respect to the truth at all. I'm sick of agendas presented as news.
dmcloneApr 11, 2006
Yes, but who wants to pay $30K for a Honda Accord. My wife has a 04 Accord EX-L and I think it's a great car but for $30K I'd look elsewhere. Motorweek had this Accord in it's test fleet and it got around 30mpg.
seanlApr 12, 2006
I will not be considering a hybrid car.
macgyverdxsApr 12, 2006
Because all trains today do use electric motors for propulsion. The diesel motor provides power to the electric motors. Had you the reading comprehension skills of at least a 4th grader you might have understood. The fact is that electric motors provide significantly more torque than a mechanical transmission linked to a internal combustion engine. <a class="user" href="http://travel.howstuffworks.com/diesel-locomotive.htm">http://travel.howstuffworks.com/diesel-locomotive.htm</a> My point in all this was to disprove your theory that hybrids are not capable of producing enough power for applications like a train...in point of fact the diesel locomotive is a hybrid vehicle.
macgyverdxsApr 14, 2006
gator99 first of all most hybrids are not plugged in at night to charge. They charge their battery from the gas or diesel motor. Second of all those that do plug in draw about .25 cents an hour to charge. Far less than say running your air conditioner, refrigerator, television. So, if you are going to start bitching about hybrids costing more money to charge and being worse for the environment then you might want to turn off everything that runs off electricity in your house and start living in the dark. Yes we do need to find cleaner power sources....but until we do lessening the impact is the best the average citizen can do.
bigjoe4265Apr 21, 2006
Ford apparently is working on a hydraulic hybrid F-150 that gets 60 mpg. Check it out!<a class="user" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/60_mpg_ford_f15.php">http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/60_mpg_ford_f15.php</a>Bigjoe