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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:32 PM Original message |
Salon: Who Needs A Prius Anyway? (Many Non-Hybrid Cars Do Better) |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm intrigued by the car made by MDI |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Compressed air doesn't have enough energy density and... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. MDI cars have a different cycle. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yeah sure, whatever you say. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Boyle? Bernoulli? Charles? MORONS!!!! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I have enough physics to have a physics major. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Then surely you can describe for us... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. The heat is not created in the storage tank. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I didn't say the heat *WAS* created in the storage tank. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:36 PM Original message |
"the cheapest and simplest way to cut carbon emissions " |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Of course, if one has to be at work while it's still dark (5 AM) |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. True enough, it's not for everybody |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Most people can cycle MUCH faster than 8 mph! Try 15-18 mph. nt |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I'm sorry. You quite obviously misunderstood me |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Estimating that an 8 mile trip will take an hour STRONGLY implies an average speed of 8 mph! nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. ? and hour for 8 miles? |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Good for you |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. No judging you for you not riding your bike, I'm just questioning your math. nt |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Just don't ride it to TacoBell |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. At the beginning, the article made an issue of the money one pays |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have an Echo that gets about 45 mpg. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I jsut went to greencars.org and they don't say anything about gasoline fueled cars. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. That's because it's greenercars.org |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. That list is from the american council on energy efficiency, not greencars.org. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is interesting, but the info is all wrong. top of the list: prius. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. It really depends on how you drive |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. I await the discussion of which plug-in hybrid design is better - Volvo ReCharge or Toyota or GM |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Anyone see the movie 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Ever since the film, I have been waiting for my electric car. nothing I can afford yet. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Highway driving at 65 mpgs doesn't work as well with a prius. BUT |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd get a Prius to make a statement. nt |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. TDI.. Anything TDI (pics) |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yep, and diesel hybrids are coming soon. I want one. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I'd like to see a plug-in Prius or similar hybird. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. I have a VW Beetle TDI, 42 mpg |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I LOVE diesel |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. I got a Prius this week, partially to make a statement |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. I run two diesels in Raleigh, NC |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Prius might not get what the EPA says it does, but then neither do other cars |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Some do and some dont. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. I have a Prius - city driving gives you awesome MPG's |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. The article fails to address why the Prius, and EVERY OTHER VEHICLE |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
58. THIS VEHICLE GETS GREAT EPA NUMBERS |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. We consistently get 50 mpg average in our Prius (with lead foot) |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I get between 50 and 60 mpg in my Hybrid Civic |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. My new Altima can get anywhere from 35 - 45 MPG on the highway. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. But you can't display the same level of smugness from a non-hybird |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Most people who get a prius, don't know how to drive them anyway... |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:42 AM Original message |
My parents have one, and with them it's a competition |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. I can see it now, |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I just don't understand the hurry of some people. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. I have become a much more relaxed driver, with my Prius |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. In Sept. I drove my Prius from SC to Dallas (2000+ miles) averaging 54 MPG. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. my $14K Corolla gets 38 mpg on the highway |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. I thought about a Prius, but I bought the Honda Fit. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hybrids, and everything else is a great start, |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hybrids are great and all but I wish they would build one that appeals to me! |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. E320 diesel |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. I love my Prius |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Same here... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm amused by articles like this.. |
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