On 2006-10-25, JD <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Calculations as to how much energy a car uses in its lifetime are
> pretty slippery
Heh, when lumping all cars together into a large mass, what
calculation doesn't become pretty slippery ;-)
> Then of course there is the biggie - how long the vehicle remains in
> service. This is what kills hybrid cars from the energy point of
> view - the battery life is usually less than 100,000 miles and the
> cost of replacement is so high that the vehicle is usually scrapped
> then.
Well you won't need to convince me of the fallacy of hybrid cars, the
battery issue being a major problem what with the amount of nasty
chemicals that go into making them, and all modern cars that have so
much more electronics than the cars in the 1990's, which is when the
calculations about how much energy etc a car took during manufacture
were made. Today's cars don't seem likely to last as long and have a
lot more plastic and electronics than their earlier equivalent, hybrid
cars even more so.
Best bet IMHO is to leave the driving to those who need to or want to
do it and to stop this daft commuting ****e, it's dangerous, wasteful,
damaging and stressful to a lot of people. Bosses don't seem to like
it though, the main reason I still work for my current employer is
because I've not been into the office for years, I've turned down jobs
worth more than an extra 30% a year because they wanted me to commute
to London for a year before they'd let me work from home. Working in
Dorset with no commute versus commuting to London and working in
London, no contest. I wish industry would stop wasting our time,
endangering our lives and causing chaos on the roads by being so
bloody minded.
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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
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