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Originally Posted by Blacdout96
Lets get one thing straight about these arrogant douches in hybrids, they do NOT burn less fuel, they are only stretching the mileage they are getting out of that tank, if they have 10 gallons in the car, it will burn that 10 gallons, it just takes longer. They are still unloading the amount of carbon dioxide that a standard car does, it just does it over a farther range, so in the end weither you drive a hybrid or non hybrid, you still end up at the same road, they just tend to take the scenic route....
The only true envirmentally friendly vehicle is an electric vehicle, or a sola powered vehicle, somethign that doesnt run on fossil fuels at all.
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You're logic is flawed. To do a comparison you have to review fuel used for a given amount of miles. You cannot say car A uses 10 gallons in 100 miles and car B uses 10 gallons in 300 miles, so since they both uses 10 gallons they use the same amount fuel. They did, but car A would have to use 3 times more fuel to go the same mileage. That is why you compare miles per gallon instead of miles per tank. Tanks are different sizes and you could simply put a bigger tank in to bump up the mileage per tank rating. You can’t redefine a mile, it is the common denominator. Now if your argument is their cheaper driving cars influences them to drive 3 times as much, there may be something to that. But now you are moving from a technological discussion to a psychological discussion. Of course we learned that $4+ per gallon sqashes that demand, but you'd need taxes to do that. Let's see the politician ready to lose his job seriously suggest that one.
Electricity is not environmentally hazard free. It can only be produced in enough quantity and consistency with oil, gas, coal and nuclear, none of which are free rides to the environment. Wind & solar are nice but they are inconsistent in production levels and output potential. It gets dark, the wind does not always blow and they actually shut down if the wind is too strong. They are very nice additions to the grid, but not replacement alternatives, not by a long shot.
Then there is battery production and waste management. Lots of nasty stuff in batteries. Who here recycles all their batteries or mercury laden fluorescent lights? And to move everything to electrical, the grid needs to be vastly updated. You are talking major infrastructure changes, which includes economic and environmental impact as well. I read an article on how CA power companies are trying to figure out how to deal with electric cars. IIRC with today’s infrastructure, their current systems could not handle it if 10% of CA drivers changed to electric cars (I actually think the # was less than 10, but I forget now).