[geeks] Race Tracks

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Well, the folks that feel smug about the Prius aren't actually
>> running the numbers. Instead they just, uhm, "know" that it's
>> making a difference, just like they, uhm "know" that carbon offsets
>> will make a difference, and that, "you know", man is going to
>> *destroy* the planet.
>> 
>> It's not about th emath, it's about the emotion...
> 
> I've heard that the total-lifecycle environmental cost of a Prius is 
> actually higher than that of a Hummer.

A good chunk of it is probably the battery-recycling cost.

Peace...  Sridhar