Interesting discussion as economically they absolutely don't make sense.
They are a step in the right direction from a resource consumption
standpoint, and eventually better economies of production and higher fuel
prices will make this and other solutions not only green, but the economical
choice. It always interests me that so much effort is focused on our cars,
while most of us spend much more on energy costs each year for our houses.
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Subject: [FOT] Reality check: Hybrid hype and HOV cutoff in 07
> Reality check: Hybrid hype and HOV cutoff in 07
>
> Green Gap? Ha!!
>
> Here's the best excerpt --
>
> If you drive that hybrid 15,000 miles a year and pay $2.93 a gallon, it
> will take you* 8.8 years* to see that payoff at the pump, [for the
> Highlander hybrid vs regular Highlander] according to Edmunds. The wait
> is even longer for the $31,540 Accord hybrid:* 12.6 years*. ...The
> Accord's electric motor is geared to both boost power and save on gas.
> The result: the four-door sedan gets an unspectacular 29.5mpg--just a
> half mile per gallon better than a regular four-cylinder Accord. In
> fact, if you compare the Accord hybrid to the regular four-cylinder
> model, the payback takes* 296.2 years*, according to Edmunds. I'm sure
> your great-great-great granddaughter will appreciate the savings.
>
> Hybrids might be hip, but are they saving consumers enough at the pump
> to compensate for their high sticker price?
>
> _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12958916/site/newsweek/from/ET/_
>
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