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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Winnidiver makes a good point about placing an oil rig in Winni and I can only say that exploration should be done in an enviromentally friendly way.Sure,we'd probably all give up our boats and toys.....but cars and trucks is another matter. Winnidiver thinks his Ford hybrid is the answer but studies show that they actually cost more energy to produce than a conventional vehicles.Their sole purpose on the planet is to make people feel good.Winni won't be laughing when it comes time to replace AND dispose of the battery pack.

I was the one with the Ford hybrid. I have heard your argument before about the batteries being expensive, mess for the land fills....but that is false. First of all they will be able to recycle the batteries. You can and should be taking your car batteries, computer batteries, and so on in for recycling. I had my computer batterie refurbished for pennies of what a new one from Dell was going to cost me. Secondly my Ford battery has a 8 year 150,000 mile warrantee on it. I will sell the car more then likely LONG before that date/milage ever comes. The car does work for me as evidence by the fact that I am saving almost 6-7,000 dollars a year on fuel. I have all the creature comforts of back up sensors, sat radiom, comfortable leather seats, GPS, you name it the car has it so I feel like I gave up nothing. The additional expense was offset in part by tax incentives. 12,000 miles on the car since I purchased in Feb. and I am super happy with it. Beleive me I was the BIGGEST sceptic going into the purchase, but I am a beleiver now. Certainly NOT a car that the average Joe can work on but I stopped that stuff a few years ago and only change my oil now days.