Hummer more enviromentally friendly than a Prius?
03-20-2007, 02:56 PM
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Hummer more enviromentally friendly than a Prius? http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/edito...asp?NewsID=188
Saw this and thought some of you guys on here that drive H2's would get a kick out of it. Next time you catch a finger from one of them in their Prius, ask them where their battery came from and what they plan on doing with it when it runs out.
Saw this and thought some of you guys on here that drive H2's would get a kick out of it. Next time you catch a finger from one of them in their Prius, ask them where their battery came from and what they plan on doing with it when it runs out.
03-20-2007, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rawr256
http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/edito...asp?NewsID=188
Saw this and thought some of you guys on here that drive H2's would get a kick out of it. Next time you catch a finger from one of them in their Prius, ask them where their battery came from and what they plan on doing with it when it runs out.
Saw this and thought some of you guys on here that drive H2's would get a kick out of it. Next time you catch a finger from one of them in their Prius, ask them where their battery came from and what they plan on doing with it when it runs out.
I think the intentions were there when they bought them, but it fun to laugh about.
I should print this out and tape it to their door.
03-20-2007, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
I have been saying that for years! No one wants to hear it 
They got sold a Line of BS and they will go to the grave lieing about it
They got sold a Line of BS and they will go to the grave lieing about it
that's about right,
they get less highway mpg than a diesel VW
and cost $3-10K more (depending on model)
as well as having less than half the torque
03-20-2007, 08:44 PM
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That's interesting, only I wonder where they're getting the 100k vs 300k miles total life from. I bet you could get more life from the prius(maybe noone really knows about the long term on these heaps) and I doubt you'll see a hummer still rolling with 300k on the clock.
I always did question the impact all the batteries from "eco cars" would have, but damn that plant is bad. It's all a sales pitch though, save some gas money if you'd like, but in reality the pollution from cars in only a very small fraction of the problem. Plus the whole oil reserve thing seems like complete bs just to boost prices and give the gas companies record profits year after year. I know it's not an infinite resource, but there's plenty for me and probably my kids too, but hey we'll all be flying around on hydrogen by then right.
In the end I get a kick out of seeing fools go out of their way to "save the environment" on their way to work, and give em a good smoky burnout for their efforts.
I always did question the impact all the batteries from "eco cars" would have, but damn that plant is bad. It's all a sales pitch though, save some gas money if you'd like, but in reality the pollution from cars in only a very small fraction of the problem. Plus the whole oil reserve thing seems like complete bs just to boost prices and give the gas companies record profits year after year. I know it's not an infinite resource, but there's plenty for me and probably my kids too, but hey we'll all be flying around on hydrogen by then right.
In the end I get a kick out of seeing fools go out of their way to "save the environment" on their way to work, and give em a good smoky burnout for their efforts.
03-20-2007, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KrautBurner
that's about right,
they get less highway mpg than a diesel VW
and cost $3-10K more (depending on model)
as well as having less than half the torque
they get less highway mpg than a diesel VW
and cost $3-10K more (depending on model)
as well as having less than half the torque
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03-20-2007, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Lazlo
That's interesting, only I wonder where they're getting the 100k vs 300k miles total life from. I bet you could get more life from the prius(maybe noone really knows about the long term on these heaps) and I doubt you'll see a hummer still rolling with 300k on the clock.
We do 90s Suburbans(90s equivlant) The last three had over 200k and that little 350 was still ripping away 
03-20-2007, 09:25 PM
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They're saying Hummer which I would think of as H1 not H2 they need to be more specific. And the 100k is the assumed replacement term of the batteries although when I worked at Toyota they had yet to need to replace a battery on any year prius.
03-20-2007, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by HitmanLSX
the 100k is the assumed replacement term of the batteries although when I worked at Toyota they had yet to need to replace a battery on any year prius.
*Supposing 10,000 miles per year.
03-20-2007, 11:16 PM
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There's lots of 01 prius' with well over 100k on them already. People like to drive them cross country because of the gas mileage a lot. One of the guys I worked with had one that did just that and had over 130k on his without any trouble.
03-21-2007, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by KrautBurner
that's about right,
they get less highway mpg than a diesel VW
and cost $3-10K more (depending on model)
as well as having less than half the torque
they get less highway mpg than a diesel VW
and cost $3-10K more (depending on model)
as well as having less than half the torque
Overhyped is what they really are imo. You see people like Al Gore driving them, but he is on his way to his personal Jet to fly cross country and burn up more fuel than we all will over the next year with our cars.
03-21-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan K
One thing that that article does not mention is the disposal hazards associated with any hybrid battery...
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