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Originally Posted by GGG
I would suggest that Hybrids are not better for the enviroment for most people driving habits and car ownership habits. The extra money you spend on getting a Hybrid that most people don't keep their car long enough to recover would be better spent on Carbon offsets. For a few hundred bucks a year you can in theory offset all of your car emisiions.
All Hybrids are are very expensive Carbon Credits.
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I've heard that the hybrid system dosn't run when you're going at highway speeds and at 110km/h the car is running on only the gas engine. I've also heard that the gas engine will be running when you turn the heater on because it draws too much energy. Living west of the city and driving in every day, it seems like a hybrid would not be a good choice for me because it'll only run the gas motor anyway. I know in a place like victoria where you live in the city and it rarely gets below 0'C it would be more practical but in my instance I chose to go with a Honda Civic that gets 50mpg.
Any thoughts?