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Posted by Ashton Crusher on March 22, 2007, 2:35 am
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>> mrv@kluge.net wrote:
>>>> Some folks like to chide me (and others) about the Prius. One
>>>> posted a link to an editorial piece, which has the header
>>>> "Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage". See:
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>>>> http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/editorial/editorial_item.asp?NewsID=188
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure some of the folks here with more technically-oriented
>>>> minds would have some good counterarguments?
>>>> --
>>>> Jean B.
>>>
>>> It's been refuted on most of the main Prius discussion groups since it
>>> came out a while ago. The most recent public thread is here:
>>> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/100720
>>>
>>> (the "lifetime" of each vehicle is vastly out of proportion to make
>>> the hummer look better, the story uses very old information on a
>>> Canadian nickel mine that has been working hard to clean itself up
>>> (and is currently much cleaner than the story asserts), the story came
>>> from a source known to do reports favorable to whomever paid for the
>>> report, etc.)
>>>
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>> Thanks, I'll go take a look. I did wonder about that 100,000 mile
>> lifetime they assigned to the Prius.
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>why would any GM product outlive a toyota? that's not the norm for sure..if
>they're assuming you throw the prius away after the batteries go, that's
>just bad logic.
>
>bob
>
Why wouldn't it? Or a ford product? How many Chevies and Fords have
served one career as a police car and a second as a taxi? I've never
seen a Toyota do so.
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