Not the cite I was looking for (can't remember where I read it) but this
one makes the same point:

"Green" technology autos actually cost more to manufacture and use more
total energy during the lifetime of the auto than traditional designs.


http://equityprivate.typepad.com/ep/...ng_below_.html

Quoting one paragraph:

"For many hybrid vehicles 25% to 30% of the life cycle energy
expenditure is consumed in raw material production and manufacture- this is
much higher than in non-hybrid vehicles. For foreign built cars this means
that emissions in the country of use (the United States, say) are not being
eliminated, but rather transferred to the country of manufacture. Next time
a hybrid driver looks smug feel free to remind them that they are likely
dumping their emissions into the second or third world. What kind of pig
subjugates the peoples of Mexico and endangers their health to look "green"
for their suburban neighbors and smirks about it? "


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Eisboch