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Old 12-23-2009, 07:30 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by nfotiu View Post
I'd venture to guess that a prius using half the gas of a regular sedan for the life of the car is far better for the environment, regardless of the battery.
How do you figure? Every barrel of oil that has been drilled out of the ground will get burned eventually.

Sure, if your hybrid uses half the gas, more people can move around, but I don't think the environment cares if 1gallon of fuel was burned by one car or two.
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