[Mpls] R.T.'s Runaway Runabout: The Hybrid Defense.

[Dyna Sluyter]

	In his honor's defense, this is a problem with hybrid cars- you can't 
tell whether their "running" or not when stopped. It is thusly possible 
for the car to appear to be shut off and stopped, only to have one or 
more motors cut in and put the car back in motion. BTW, the clever 
computer that does this costs $5,000, and the battery pack is another 
$5,000. Thusly when the battery dies after 8 years or so it pretty much 
prematurely sends a hybrid car to the junkyard. Some of the Honda 
hybrids aren't even making it that far, with Honda forced to buy them 
back under lemon laws.

	I was hoping the Prius would be gone by now- Toyota was practically 
giving away leases on them to public officials. This may explain the 
multitude of year old Priuses on Toyota     dealer's lots, along with 
perhaps the lemon law buybacks. Hopefully R.T. won't have us buy it at 
the end of the lease- for the residual and the price of either of the 
two major hybrid components we could buy him a new car that runs on 
renewables.

	Aside from the Prius problems, our city is making progress in reducing 
emissions and dependence on fossil fuels- our city's bulk tanks now 
feature a biodiesel blend.

		runnin' on renewables in Hawthorne,

			Dyna Sluyter

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