"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in message
...
In message , JoeSpareBedroom sprach
forth the following:

I'm not saying you have to go
out and buy a Prius

Good.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister...article_164968
5.php

Speaking of Hummers, perhaps it is environmentally responsible to buy one
and squash a Prius with it. The Toyota Prius hybrid is, of course, fuel-
efficient. There are, however, environmental costs to mining and smelting
(in Canada) 1,000 tons a year of zinc for the battery-powered second
motor,
and the shipping of the zinc 10,000 miles – trailing a cloud of carbon –
to
Wales for refining and then to China for turning it into the component
that
goes to a battery factory in Japan.

Opinions differ as to whether acid rain from the Canadian mining and
smelting operation is killing vegetation that once absorbed carbon
dioxide.
But a report from CNW Marketing Research ("Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost
of
New Vehicles from Concept to Disposal") concludes that in "dollars per
lifetime mile," a Prius (expected life: 109,000 miles) costs $3.25,
compared with $1.95 for a Hummer H3 (expected life: 207,000 miles).


.....none of which is relevant to the idea of a leader asking Americans to
make behavioral changes that won't hurt a bit, and will actually help.