03-26-2007, 02:06 PM
one glaring figure is also that out of the total amount of nickel mined, Toyota buys a very small portion of that.
the whole article is just some guy with a loosely based assumption trying to find any remotely related numbers in order to back up his assumption. very amateur-ish.
the only thing that kind of gets me is that these green conscious prius owners could have just bought a used, efficient gasoline or deisel car instead of bringing yet another new car onto the roads. i would think that is the more efficient and less wasteful solution. use up what we have....heck i remember old civic VX's (i think thats the model) getting way up in the 40's on highway mpg -- back in the early 90's.
p.s. that nickel mine has been there for decades. pretty sick though that it has pretty much destroyed all of the surrounding wildlife
the whole article is just some guy with a loosely based assumption trying to find any remotely related numbers in order to back up his assumption. very amateur-ish.
the only thing that kind of gets me is that these green conscious prius owners could have just bought a used, efficient gasoline or deisel car instead of bringing yet another new car onto the roads. i would think that is the more efficient and less wasteful solution. use up what we have....heck i remember old civic VX's (i think thats the model) getting way up in the 40's on highway mpg -- back in the early 90's.
p.s. that nickel mine has been there for decades. pretty sick though that it has pretty much destroyed all of the surrounding wildlife
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