Of course maybe folks shouldn't drive and be on the cell phone at the same time since it is almost impossible to do either one of those well at the same time.
Lisa McDonald East Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: Dyna Sluyter Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] R.T.'s Runaway Runabout: The Hybrid Defense. 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 REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mplsGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
