On 8/31/05, Dallin Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They can and do... Toyota, Honda and Volkswagon offer them... > http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/gasmileage/
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hybrid_sbs.shtml We all know these numbers are inflated to begin with. http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63413,00.html " But after a few months of commuting to his job in Cincinnati, Blackshaw's hybrid euphoria vanished as his car's odometer revealed that the gas mileage he was hoping for was only a pipe dream. .... After nearly 1,000 miles of mostly city driving, Blackshaw was getting 31.4 mpg. " I have also read the batteries only last 4 years and then need to be replaced with an average cost of 4,000. > Remember... Gas prices are based on the standard supply and demand. > Thanks to some nice Hurricanes, nearly 80% of our sources of gas have > been shut down... Not just slowed down... SHUT DOWN. Then we look at > all the wonderful people around here using the gas like it is water. > Hello? Supply is down, and demand is higher than ever! Demand is higher because most people are forced to live in the burbs in order to afford a home for their family. .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
