On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:24:54 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

We're actually working our way towards the technology that will give
us a negative carbon footprint. The only possible negative consequence
is that the car costs 236 trillion dollars..... 'course 'ya get what
you pay for.....

ROTFL!!!

I read something the other day that, when you think about it, makes a
lot of sense.

People who drive hi-brid cars, like the Prius for example, drive
anywhere from an extra 2,000 to 3,500 miles more than a person who
owns a standard compact.

Which, thinking about it, almost negates the "fuel cost savings"
benefits that hy-brids are supposed to create.

I can testify to that in a rather odd way. One of my neighbors has a
Prius and he told me the other day that he had just turned 13,000 on
his Prius which is 4 months old, but he's saving on fuel. He works in
the next town over and it's his daily driver.

Here's the interesting part. He had a Toyota Camrey, 6 years old,
that only had 42,000 on it - I know because I was thinking of buying
it before he traded it in.

Now you tell me. :)