Jones Beene wrote:
Of course - the obvious question for the next couple of years, pending
that better-battery going into mass production - is "why not use a
diesel in the Prius?"
Jones
!!! Well, what's the answer?
Why _not_ use a diesel in the Prius?
It's a question that never occurred to me, even during a Thanksgiving
dinner in which I found myself talking (er, listening) to a
diesel-loving automobile mechanic who explained at some length why Prius
in particular and hybrids in general are a dead-end concept and we
should all drive diesels. But now that you've asked it, I'm really
wondering what the answer is.
If diesel's better than gas, why not use a diesel/electric hybrid?
(Freight trains do it and it seems to work OK for them.) Is it the
weight issue? That's hard to believe -- they stick diesels in VW
rabbits f'gosh sakes; they don't have to be heavy.
