Why do people seem to like hybrids so much?

drewdude320i questioned:

I don’t get it. Bot only are they physically repellent, but they’re terrible for the background. For model, building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental hurt than a Hummer that is on the road for three era longer than a Prius. The Prius is to some extent obsessed by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a sow in Sudbury, Ontario. This sow has caused so much environmental hurt to the surrounding background that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the sow to test moon rovers. The area around the sow is devoid of any life for miles.

The sow is the source of all the nickel found in a Prius’ battery and Toyota buys 1,000 tons annually. This factory is each preservationist’s nightmare.

And on top of that…45 mpg isn’t splendid. Well, i mean Americans see it as fantastic in view of the fact that they’re used to suburbans and crap. But a VW Golf Diesel does upwards of 65 mpg basically. And it’s cheaper to buy and keep up, and lasts longer. So…Why??
I wasn’t specifically discussion about the US – but VW offers a few diesel cars over here, as well as jeep, mercedes, and I reflect Ford.
Of course taxi’s will have high miles, they are constantly driving. But they will have to have battery maintenance eventually – it’s pure fact that batteries lose their carrying room over time.
The sow where the nickel is harvested doesn’t grow to have found uncommon ways to return it, so how can you say the problem is gone?
It subdue sounds to me like hybrids are just an pricey hassle, and that environmentalists buy them without knowing how much pollution goes into the equipment used in that car.

Did you know that Prius does more environmental damage than Hummers?

dlil questioned:

“Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental hurt than a Hummer that is on the road for three era longer than a Prius. As already prominent, the Prius is to some extent obsessed by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a sow in Sudbury, Ontario. This sow has caused so much environmental hurt to the surrounding background that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the sow to test moon rovers. The area around the sow is devoid of any life for miles…
All of this would be terrible ample in and of itself; but, the journey to make a hybrid doesn’t end here. The nickel bent by this disastrous sow is shipped via massive container ship to the chief nickel processing plant in Europe. From here, the nickel hops over to China to yield ‘nickel foam.’ From here, it goes to Japan. Finally, the completed batteries are shipped to the United States, finalizing the around-the-planet trip required to yield a release Prius battery.”

Inconvenient Truth!

http://forums.motortrend.com/70/6259344/the-general-forum/prius-outdoes-hummer-in-environmental-hurt-so-go/pointer.html

Who wrote that the Hummer is more environmentally friendly than the Prius?

Tahini Raving Weirdo questioned:

I heard owing to the grapevine that here is a study out here according to which the hybrid car Toyota Prius causes more environmental hurt in the long run due to the toxicity of the manufacture and disposal of its battery than may maybe maybe be done by driving the gas guzzling Hummer in that time form.

I really want to find that study. I need it for a investigate project. Has anyone heard of it? Does anyone know where to find it?

Thankfulness!

Is Diesel a dirtier fuel than regular unleaded?

Chris M questioned:

I know many car companies are priding themselves over their diesel’s fuel efficiency, but is their exhaust dirtier?

I have always even if of diesel as life a dirty fuel, is this not right?

Is the level of environmental hurt the same per gallon of fuel? Just in view of the fact that here car is being paid here using less fuel doesn’t mean its making less hurt…

Thankfulness!

Hybrid rumors? I drive a Prius and since I bought it a year ago, I’ve filled the tank half as often?

harryd questioned:

I live in Germany and it expenditure me over 50 euros ($75) to fill my tank. That earnings that as a substitution for of costs 50+ euros each two weeks, I waste 50+ euros a month. Surrounded by the last week I’ve heard two public, one of whom is Rush Limbaugh, say that a Prius expenditure more per mile to handbook than a Hummer. What kind of fuzzy math is life used here? I know that a Hummer guzzles gas and a Prius sips gas, so what are they discussion about? Limbaugh, who I normally admire, says that the environmental hurt caused at the nickle mine (for the hybrid battery) in Ontario is of poorer quality than the environmental savings realized by driving a hybrid. So? The hurt in Ontario is confined to a small area. What do I care? I like the fact that I’m not spewing exhaust into the air in my own town. So what’s the deal?