It has become accepted wisdom that cars like my Toyota Prius actually pollute more than normal cars. The culprit is the nickel in the batteries. It sounds a little fishy to me, but lately it's gone a step farther. It seems that a Hummer is better for the environment than a Prius.
Does that sound right to you?
Making a vehicle that's twice as big as another is more environmentally wise than making the little one, because the little one has more nickel.
I did some math. In a ten year lifetime a Prius will use about 6 or 7,000 gallons less than a Hummer. Put the Prius on one side, and the Hummer with 6,000 gallons of gas on the other. Now light the gas on fire. Take the battery out of the Prius, and recycle all the wicked nickel, which is what happens when it gets old.
Even comparing a Prius to a normal car is suspect. Corolla and 2,000 gallons of burning gas on one side, Prius and recycled battery on the other.
Who comes up with this crap?
Could it be competitors?
Nah....
I am a 68 year old retired teacher living on the west coast of Canada. I spent over 30 years as a student of Karate until my knees stopped liking it. My current passionate activity is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which I've been at for about 13 years.
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