Hidden cost of driving a PriusTotaling all the energy expended, from design to junkyard, a Hummer may be a better bargain.Toyota's Prius [is] a compact hybrid that's beloved by ardent environmentalists and that fetches premium prices because it gets nearly 50 miles-per-gallon in combined highway/city driving.Yet, new data have emerged that show the Prius may not be quite as eco-friendly as first assumed - if you pencil in the environmental negatives of producing it in the first place...==========More:

"R.Hemmu" wrote in message news: See is a bunch of clap trap. They are basing the numbers on the Prius only lasting 100,000 miles while the SUV was supposed to last almost 300,000 miles. Find me a fair analysis and I'll pay attention. From the article:"The Prius registered an energy-cost average of $3.25 per mile driven over its expected life span of 100,000 miles. Ironically, a Hummer, the brooding giant that has become the bête noir of the green movement, did much better, with an energy-cost average of $1.95 over its expected life span of 300,000 miles. And its crash protection makes it far safer than the tiny Prius."Ed

Is the Hummer "greener" than the Prius?

Jun 04, 2007 181 Replies

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80 Knight 19 years ago

Gee, yer smrt.

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Eugene Miya 19 years ago

Trolling Toyota owners eh?

Depends on the appointed armament.....

I'm partial to the automatic grenade launcher myself.

Cut down followups.

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