> Which totally fails. No it doesn't.
> Most ironic of all is that it criticizes the > language while sounding like an emotional rant itself. The CNW report > says right at the beginning that it's not being release as a > scientific document, but rather a consumer document. But it also tries to derive "scientifically" conclusions from data it states is "spotty" sorry, it doesn't work that way. You can't look at data, call it "spotty" and then come up with a conclusion that based on the data it is clear that this conclusion (oddly the conclusion you started with) is proved. not if you want to stand up to review... > And, of course, it totally misses the point: there is an > environmental impact of not just driving a car, but of planning, > building, and disposing of it. If you're truly concerned about the > environment you'll take into account all of those factors. Tell me Gruss, does the "cost" of developing the Hummer (H2 and H3) count the billions (BILLIONS!) of development money the defense department threw at it over the course of the decade plus of development for the HMWWV System? Does it? If not? why not? seems only fair, since without that development money there'd be no Hummer to compare. right? > Further the report doesn't ding Priuses, or even Hybrids; in fact it > explicitly says that it's not endorsing any technology just giving a > consumer report made with some assumptions. But it goes out of its way to play up the Hummer == Environmentally friendly, Prius != Environmentally friendly mindset. why not just pursue the Scion vs Prius route or Aveo vs Prius? 'cause Hummer plays better! And again, 300,000 miles on a Hummer? puh-lease. > The point is simple: the Prius is a complex vehicle with 2 engines and > lots of mechanisms, electronics, and programming to make them work > together. That's a lot of design and planning, not to mention the > battery and second engine that need to be installed and disposed of. > Therefore, say, a Chevy Aveo, has a smaller environmental impact. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
