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Originally Posted by PIMking
Great Idea, Just hope that you electric company isn't using coal to burn for electricity....
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Maybe I was unclear,
I don't care how much environmental impact my car has before, during or after its life span. Ok, that might not be exactly true, but it would hardly factor at all into my decision to buy a car like this. That said, even if the only power source that I received power from was coal power plants, the world would be in a terrible position if those plants were not more efficient than my moderately maintained vehicle with the occasional check engine light.
I am sure many people care exactly what happens to get that nickel into the battery and what the environmental impact it has after it gets replaced, but I don't. Personally, I have a lot more important things to worry about, like getting my education, putting food in front of my kids and keeping a roof over my head. I am confident that many whiney tree huggers will have complained so long and so loud about things like this that when I am in a posistion to buy one of these vehicles I will be more than comfortable with the impact it has on the enviroment.