Comments on: VIDEO: Do Hybrids Really Get Great Gas Mileage?

By: TomFromMD

TomFromMD — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:14:36 +0000

Jimmy: Do you really believe that the expected lifetime of a civilian owned Hummer is 300,000 miles, but that the expected life of a Prius is only 100,000? That “study” has been torn apart so many times it’s not even funny.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:51:32 +0000

oh great. more people quoting the chris demorro travesty of journalism.

(which he himself referred to as, and i paraphrase, some crap i threw together in a half an hour to meet a deadline.)

but hey. repeat it enough times, it gains credibility, right?

By: Dyre42

Dyre42 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:19:09 +0000

I had a prius for a rental and was able to drive from San Antonio Tx to Daytona Beach FL on a tank and a half of gas. So that 24 gallons for 1200 miles which averages out to 50 mpg.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:50:42 +0000

If you consider the energy required and the environmental impact of mining, smelting, refining, and transporting all of the nickel that goes into those huge Prius batteries, as well as the procedures required to dispose of it when the cars are eventually junked, it begins to look like all these environmentalists have been duped. In fact, buying a Hummer might be more economical:

Through a study by CNW Marketing called ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œDust to Dust,ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚? the total combined energy is taken from all the electrical, fuel, transportation, materials (metal, plastic, etc) and hundreds of other factors over the expected lifetime of a vehicle. The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid. The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime of 300,000 miles. That means the Hummer will last three times longer than a Prius and use less combined energy doing it.