That diesel Jetta produces 5x the amount of soot as a normal gasoline engine. The battery on a Prius is 100 pounds, not 1000. It's also less toxic than a normal lead acid battery. And burning diesel just smells gross.
Pushing hybrids is a very smart move. As is the requirement for making diesel emissions conform to those of normal gas cars (though that is going to take about a decade). There are some really interesting experiments with combining the diesel and hybrid tech. The point isn't which tech is better. The real issue is reducing overall dependence on fossil fuels. There are some pretty smart people, like the CEO of Chevron/Texaco, betting on us having reached peak oil. It's in their interests to make as much profit from their oil investments as possible while it lasts and we're inevitably going to be the ones footing the bill. -Kevin On 4/27/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be willing to bet, all things being equal, hybrids get no better > than a VW Jetta wagon TDI which gets about 45 city/55 highway with the > right driving. Which is why I think hybrids are a red herring. > > Maybe I'm missing something, but call me when they can do 100MPG. An > the Jetta doesn't have a 1000 pound battery that'll have to be > disposed of. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155613 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
