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

"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in message
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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...mns/article_16
4968 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.

You mean like getting the Senate to get the **** out of the way and
opening
ANWR?


That's an example of something that's contentious, and could take forever to
deal with. Sort of like the never ending debate about the meaning of the 2nd
amendment. Meanwhile, asking people to grow up and take responsibility for
their actions is free, and will actually work, starting immediately. Are you
resistant to the idea of voluntary behavioral changes?