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From: Ashton Crusher on 13 Oct 2009 00:13
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:41:37 -0400, "Nick Naim" <orbits(a)ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>
>"Ashton Crusher" <demi(a)moore.net> wrote in message
>news:7977d5d0fkduei8pfcjoshjukbvtdb4prt(a)4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:14:51 -0700, Scott in SoCal
>> <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Lots of people in my neighborhood have Priusen. Some houses even have
>>>two parked in the driveway. These must all be great people who love
>>>the planet and want to fight Global Warming and all that stuff, right?
>>>
>>>So then explain to me why someone would bundle their two dogs into
>>>their Prius and drive it to the neighborhood park so they can walk
>>>their dogs?
>>
>>
>> I think it's that most of them are middle and upper middle class and
>> can use the tax deduction. Combine that with the good gas mileage to
>> save some money and they may well come out ahead of things compared to
>> if they bought a non-hybrid. And they get to feel good about
>> themselves. Also I think most of the people who buy them are the kind
>> of people who rarely keep a car more then 5 years or 80,000 miles so
>> they really aren't worried about what's going to happen when that
>> expensive battery goes bad. I'm still holding out for an inexpensive
>> version of the Volt.
>New turbo high milage technology will kill the Volt if it is not already
>dead.
>

Not necessarily. A properly designed primarily electric vehicle would
be a lot simpler then a petrol powered vehicle. Eventually you'd be
able to get rid of just about the entire drive train.
From: Brent on 13 Oct 2009 00:47
On 2009-10-13, Nick Naim <orbits(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:haqb9t$gv7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 2009-10-10, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Lots of people in my neighborhood have Priusen. Some houses even have
>>> two parked in the driveway. These must all be great people who love
>>> the planet and want to fight Global Warming and all that stuff, right?
>>>
>>> So then explain to me why someone would bundle their two dogs into
>>> their Prius and drive it to the neighborhood park so they can walk
>>> their dogs?
> or cart their bikes on bike racks 27 miles to the nearest trail
>>
>> You're missing a fundamental part of human society. Image,
>> perception, illusion, and belief matter, not substance.
>>
>> The nobel 'peace prize' was just given to a man who in reality has
>> continued and expanded war.
> The United States at this point in time is not at war with any nation on
> earth.

LOL. War is peace. Freedom is slavery.


From: Timothy J. Lee on 13 Oct 2009 20:18
In article <VOSdne2MYJfqpEzXnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d(a)nethere.com>,
Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote:
>Those specialized NiMH type batteries have to be recycled/discarded
>somewhere. In California, even NiMH batteries are considered to be universal
>waste, and so they cannot simply be dumped in the trash.

The metals in the batteries (nickel and rare earths) are valuable
enough that no salvage yard will forego the opportunity to sell them
to a recycler if they are no longer usable as batteries.

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From: joel garry on 13 Oct 2009 20:41
On Oct 13, 5:18 pm, remov...(a)sonic.net (Timothy J. Lee) wrote:
> In article <VOSdne2MYJfqpEzXnZ2dnUVZ_tOdn...(a)nethere.com>,
> Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrous...(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote:
>
> >Those specialized NiMH type batteries have to be recycled/discarded
> >somewhere. In California, even NiMH batteries are considered to be universal
> >waste, and so they cannot simply be dumped in the trash.
>
> The metals in the batteries (nickel and rare earths) are valuable
> enough that no salvage yard will forego the opportunity to sell them
> to a recycler if they are no longer usable as batteries.
>

http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/technical-articles/generation/batteries-storage/scientific-american/when-an-electric-car-dies-what-will-happen-to-the-battery/index.shtml

jg
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From: Paul D. DeRocco on 13 Oct 2009 23:38
> "Cameron Kaiser" <ckaiser(a)floodgap.com> wrote
>
> When I see a Prius going 80, it makes me wonder if saving fuel is priority
> #1.

I only wish I'd see that more often. When I'm behind them.

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