chrisisasavage
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Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage
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The Toyota Prius has become the flagship car for those in our society so environmentally conscious that they are willing to spend a premium to show the world how much they care. Unfortunately for them, their ultimate ‘green car' is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer.
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Source URL: http://clubs.ccsu.edu/Record...al/print_item.asp?NewsID=188 |
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chrisisasavage
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I have no clue to the merit of this, but it's interesting reading. |
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wish the author had more sources backing this up |
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chrisisasavage
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I've heard this before, the overall energy costs to produce and drive (per the life of the car) is greater for the hybrids than regular cars. Not sure where I heard that, but I have heard that. |
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It isn't about the cost of energy but the TYPE of energy that is the issue to me. How clean is the energy? That is what really matters.
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I've been looking for good data on this for a while. Will keep searching. Did find this page -
Claims these values for manufacture.
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* Hummer H2: 200.717 mmBTU
* Toyota Prius: 113.322 mmBTU
* Toyota Highlander: 107.133 mmBTU
* Toyota Highlander Hybrid: 155.18 mmBTU
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And this for running energy.
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* Hummer H2: 13,913 gallons ($44,800 at today's prices!), 1579.13 mmBTU
* Toyota Prius: 2,883 gallons, 327.207 mmBTU
* Toyota Highlander: 6,400, 726.4 mmBTU
* Toyota Highlander Hybrid: 5,424, 615.593 mmBTU
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http://www.triplepundit.com/...-to-get-a-new-car-002538.php |
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