Plethora of numbers and graphs and statistics, not dirth... (You liberal arts guys are supposed to know about words, not us math/science geeks!) (I'll bet the pollution is mostly in the creation and disposal of Prius batteries - life cycle costing) Regards, Bob S.
On Jan 29, 2008 1:39 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 1:30 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those are generalities not facts, based on the rosy predictions of > > "experts" who either don't know better or worse yet don't care. Lets > > actually look at the expected results as predicted, (or more for that > > matter look at the actual results as predicted for actions already taken > > and what actually happened). If you take all inputs into account and > > expected longevity of the vehicle which is more ecological a Hummer h1 > > or a Toyota Prius. Most would say the Prius, it is after all touted as > > being "green", but depending how you do the analysis the reverse can be > > proved. Both analysis are within the bounds of reason. You pick the > > one you like based on your bias. But bias doesn't tell which is right. > > It depends really on what kind of pollution you prefer and how you > > measure energy usage more than anything else. However I'm more > > convinced by the numbers on the side of the H1, yet as a civilian > > vehicle the H1 fails miserably and I certainly wouldn't want to own > > one. Sometimes what you think is helping is hurting more than doing > > nothing at all. > > "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics." > > -Mark Twain > > Now, I'm not saying you're lying (I don't think you have the intent to > deceive), but it does seem a tad counterintuitive that a Hummer could > possibly be more ecological than a Prius. I'm not asking you to > explain how, because I'm certain that whoever has put forth that > little hypothesis has a dirth of numbers and graphs and statistics to > prove him right. > > Still, hard to believe. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
