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>>If I am driving a modest
mileage<br>>car now (20/28), if I want to trade in on a
<br>>Prius, how much energy would be used, and how
<br>>much pollution created building me a new Prius?
<br>>How long would I have to drive my Prius in order
<br>>to break even on the energy/pollution
front...<br><br>For those for which the environmental aspects of the
Prius are important in their car purchase choice, I
believe that there is an additional "environmental"
advantage to buying a Prius (or Insight) to consider. If
you believe that hybrids will help the environment
then the goal would seem to be (from an environmental
perspective) to get more hybrids out on the road. It is my
guess (and it is only a guess) that many people will be
willing to consider a Prius or Insight if A) they knew
that they existed and B) they were exposed to them and
could see that are not all that different than what
they are used to. I have seen several posts where
Prius and Insight owners are getting a lot of questions
from people regarding there car. I know that I will
let anyone in my office drive my Prius when I get it.
They've already been asking about it (and seem genuinely
interested in finding out about it.) So, if you buy a Prius
you are getting the obvious energy/emission benefits
and very well might be helping to get others to do
the same. I think that if the energy/pollution issue
is important in your decision on whether or not to
buy a hybrid, then you might want to consider these
other benefits as well.<br><br>Martin
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Toyota breaking even!
random_6487 Toyota breaking even! Oct 5 2000, 08:14 PM
Oct 5 2000, 08:14 PM
