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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
I question their data and the method they used to acquire it. The cost of a Hummer is three time that of the Civic, so according to the author, the manufacturer is eating a massive amount to sell the Civic versus the Hummer. Doesn't fit from a manufacturing or sales perspective.
From an ownership perspective, the fuel consumption of the Hummer is four times that of the hybrid. So if both vehicles travel 100,000 miles in a five year period, the cost to fuel the Hummer (10 mpg, and that is being liberal) at $3.00 per gallon is going to be $30,000. The Civic is going to be (based on 45 mpg) is going to be $6,667. The Hummer costs ~$60,000 while the Civic is ~$22,000. Costs for the Hummer are $90,000 (without maintenance) and the Civic is $29,000 (without maintenance). You tell me how a vehicle that is operationally three times as expensive and consumes more fuel, is somehow going to be cheaper in the phoney dust-to-dust energy cost rating. Seems bogus to me, and I subscribe to their political ideology.
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I think their point is that it
cost more to produce the hybrids and the battery production burns more fossil fuels than if you just produce and operate a Hummer from beginning to end, not to mention the disposal cost for the Hybrids when they reach the end of their 100,000 miles lifespan as compared to the Hummer's 300,000. That's how I took what "Dust-to-Dust" meant anyways.