What foohookups311 I can hardly hear you, wait put on some pants first then talk......speech up. Oh you say TheAttacks is getting high!? Oh not high.....A hybrid......that's great I'll tell everyone right away!
[quote]ha Texas above NewYork eh[/quote]After spawning Bush, the oil business, Anna Nicole Smith, and country music, Texas owes the entire planet alot more than just a few Hybrid cars!
Devil's Advocate:It seems to me that buying a hybrid is counter-productive if you are trying to encourage research into alternate fuel sources. Here's my logic. The BEST way for alternate fuel sources to become mainstream is for them to be the best choice economically. And the larger the discrepancy between cheap alternate fuel and expensive fossil-fuel, the sooner people will make expensive "long term" switch to an alternative fueled vehicle.By buying a hybrid, you are taking a "half-step". The wide-spread semi-popularity of hybrids presumably use less gas than if they were "regular" gas-burning engines. Therefore, they are reducing the demand of gas, and normal supply-and-demand laws tell us that this has a negative effect on gas prices.You want to support the widespread adoption of alternate fuels? Buy an SUV, burn lots of gas, and get those gas prices nice and high!/end pretzel logic
skyshock21, you are misinformed. "Hybrids" don't cost "more". First of all, which hybrid? Secondly, compared to what? A Prius compared to a GMC Yukon: It costs a hell of a lot less. Your statement is nothing more than a meaningless anecdote.Then there's the pollution factor. A Prius, driven 15,000 miles a year will emit 4,226 pounds of CO2 (based off of a 45MPG realistic figure). A regular sedan will emit about 12,000-15,000 pounds of CO2/year. That is one hell of a pollution difference! SUVs emit even more: 20,000-30,000 pounds of CO2/year.-Riskable<a class="user" href="http://www.riskable.com">http://www.riskable.com</a>"I have a license to kill -9"
pwrstick, no, they gave me bluebook value, I did not have enough for tags, taxes, licenses, fees, and there were no local prius dealers with any in stock for the same amount, all they had were fully loaded and way to expensive.MacRocker, the batteries recharge all the time, they are not bricks you throw away like apple computers.
akira117May 10, 2006
What foohookups311 I can hardly hear you, wait put on some pants first then talk......speech up. Oh you say TheAttacks is getting high!? Oh not high.....A hybrid......that's great I'll tell everyone right away!
Closed AccountMay 10, 2006
I take it the link flew right over the intelligence of many people.
pwrstickMay 10, 2006
hahaha
obkenobiMay 10, 2006
[quote]ha Texas above NewYork eh[/quote]After spawning Bush, the oil business, Anna Nicole Smith, and country music, Texas owes the entire planet alot more than just a few Hybrid cars!
smellinatorMay 10, 2006
Devil's Advocate:It seems to me that buying a hybrid is counter-productive if you are trying to encourage research into alternate fuel sources. Here's my logic. The BEST way for alternate fuel sources to become mainstream is for them to be the best choice economically. And the larger the discrepancy between cheap alternate fuel and expensive fossil-fuel, the sooner people will make expensive "long term" switch to an alternative fueled vehicle.By buying a hybrid, you are taking a "half-step". The wide-spread semi-popularity of hybrids presumably use less gas than if they were "regular" gas-burning engines. Therefore, they are reducing the demand of gas, and normal supply-and-demand laws tell us that this has a negative effect on gas prices.You want to support the widespread adoption of alternate fuels? Buy an SUV, burn lots of gas, and get those gas prices nice and high!/end pretzel logic
riskableMay 10, 2006
skyshock21, you are misinformed. "Hybrids" don't cost "more". First of all, which hybrid? Secondly, compared to what? A Prius compared to a GMC Yukon: It costs a hell of a lot less. Your statement is nothing more than a meaningless anecdote.Then there's the pollution factor. A Prius, driven 15,000 miles a year will emit 4,226 pounds of CO2 (based off of a 45MPG realistic figure). A regular sedan will emit about 12,000-15,000 pounds of CO2/year. That is one hell of a pollution difference! SUVs emit even more: 20,000-30,000 pounds of CO2/year.-Riskable<a class="user" href="http://www.riskable.com">http://www.riskable.com</a>"I have a license to kill -9"
Closed AccountMay 10, 2006
Good for youuuuuu!! ^_^
frostedMay 11, 2006
pwrstick, no, they gave me bluebook value, I did not have enough for tags, taxes, licenses, fees, and there were no local prius dealers with any in stock for the same amount, all they had were fully loaded and way to expensive.MacRocker, the batteries recharge all the time, they are not bricks you throw away like apple computers.