Since I don't know much about those batteries that power the hybrids, I did a little googling, and found some interesting stuff.
"Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage"
http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/editorial/editorial_item.asp?NewsID=188"Pragmentalists vs Environmentalists (Part 1): Prius: Green or Greenwash?"
http://www.khoslaventures.com/presentations/Hybrids.pdfThis article equates a Prius with a Gucci handbag: they may be popular but people are always gullible to good advertising. This article also mentions the 'flex-fuel' cars: "It (Prius) and its cohort hybrids are unlikely to make 50% penetration of the new car sales worldwide (or US) anytime soon. Flex-fuel cars went from under 5% of new car sales in Brazil to over 75% in less than three years because they don't cost any more than a regular car. They are projected to be 50% of GM, Ford, and Chrysler’s new car sales by 2012 in the US."
I am not familiar with flex-fuel cars, but I hate buying a new car so much I tend to wait until mine are almost composting back into the soil before I look for a new one.
Are flex-fuel cars available (or legal) in the U.S. at all?
Sue
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