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More digital sillynonsense from Jeff Putz

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There are so many underlying factors as to why my statement is correct. However, one answer that is under the noses of every person is in regard to the number of hybrids on the road today.

More than half of the driving population would have to drive one to truly make an impact on the environment. Since this is not the case, the manufacturing process still uses more energy than is currently being saved at this point. It's the same with an ethanol blend.

When a traditional drive train is made, you need two major components, an engine and a transmission.  To make a Hybrid drive train, you are doubling the amount of components used to make the car go. A power source and an electric motor are added to a traditional drivetrain.

When you produce the vehicle, you are effectively increasing the manufactuing process by one-third over a standard combustion engine. This means you have added extra shipping of materials, extra machines used to produce, and transportation of extra workers. All which involves oil in some way. Therefor increasing the amount of oil needed to produce a vehicle that still runs on the very thing it is trying to save.

At only 45 estimated miles per gallon for a car (prius), and 30 for an SUV (Saturn Vue). You would have better results both environmentally and economically using Diesel and Bio Diesel, not to mention better mileage (65 Estimated).

Not enough people buy them and sales are currently declining among all Hybrid brands. If used in mass transportation in almost every major city, this sytem would make a better impact then for personal use.

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