Hummer Greener Than Prius? 920
J adds:
The Prius's mediocre cost-per-mile is due mainly to CNW Research assigning the car a short expected lifetime: 109,000 miles. Nobody knows where this number comes from because CNW has not published details about its derivation. If a car will not last very long, then of course its energy cost per mile is high.
Back in July 2006, when CNW's study "Dust to Dust" had just been published (and which remains, unchanged, the original source for today's news), I emailed its president, Art Spinella:
Hello,
I'm with the tech news and discussion site Slashdot.org. One of our readers submitted a story about your Dust to Dust study.
According to Wikipedia, the Prius comes with a 150,000 mile warranty in California and a few other states; 100,000 elsewhere.
On p. 21 and p. 40 of your report I see that you estimate the average Prius will be "removed from the streets... and sent for disposal" at 109,000 miles. Can you explain how you arrived at this figure?
Thank you.
I did not receive a reply.
My question was about the cost-per-mile denominator; here's another critique questioning the numerator.
Not true (Score:5, Funny)
Think about it.
Re:Not true (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:2, Funny)
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This score is a combination of (+1, Funny) and (-1, Environment-Destroying-Hummer-Owner). However, no one cares about the complaints of hippie mods, so the +1 Funny takes precedence.nonsense (Score:5, Funny)
As any physics major can tell you, it takes more energy to get an object moving than to keep it moving
But I'm an engineering major, and I can tell you that that's only the case if you ignore air resistance.
Another advantage of the Hummer . . . (Score:5, Funny)
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So, is the Prius like a power plant in Sim City 2000? The second it hits 100,000 miles it falls apart?
Who made this crap up, the Club For Growth, the American Enterprise Institute, or the Hummer Fans of America?
Re:Well amount of Energy != Green (Score:5, Funny)
Not my boss. He's such a tight-ass, he eats coal and shits diamonds.
Re:nonsense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:5, Funny)
It must be painful to admit you're not attractive to women without the truck. Sorry to hear that, shorty.
Re:nonsense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just because you don't see it... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:US$329,000 to operate a Prius 100,000 miles? (Score:1, Funny)
$8,000 kick-ass stereo
$15,000 gold-plated spinners
$50,000 leather upgrade
$75,000 extreme edition paint job
$5,000 iPod upgrade
$45,000 blu-ray player / hdtvs
$6,250 led lights
$30,000 SCO Unix extreme edition
$50,000 extra bling bling to attract chics and make my bros jealous
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$285,000 grand total
later,
K.Fed
Re:wtf? (Score:5, Funny)
believed to be the remnants of a 1.85-billion year old meteorite impact crater.
Wikipedia lies. Everyone knows the earth was created 6,000 years ago!
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:5, Funny)
Get real. Some of us *need* a Hummer just so we can haul our huge penis around.
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:1, Funny)
"Here," says the elephant, "I'll pull you out. Grab my dick." The elephant pulls the mouse out and goes on his way.
A week later the same mouse hears trumpeting and all sorts of noise. Investigating, he finds the elephant caught in the same quicksand hole. "I'll help you!" he says. "Just hang on!"
The elephant thinks he's a goner - what can a mouse do?
The mouse comes back with a humvee and a chain, and pulls the elephant out.
The moral of the story is, if you drive a hummer it's OK to have a little dick.
What does that make you? (Score:5, Funny)
(ba-dum-chi!)
Real 4x4 Vehicles ... (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.omninerd.com/ [omninerd.com]
Re:Not true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Greener and manlier (Score:5, Funny)
Yup...you are correct. It is all about money.
Re:Your joking right? (Score:4, Funny)
In an unrelated note, my car is approximately 4 feet high and weighs only 2200 pounds...
Re:Your joking right? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:wtf? (Score:3, Funny)
"And then they and their family travel down to the national park for a Sunday barbeque. The national park is around about 5 mi from the GPO - so you can well understand why they need a 4WD to get there."
"And then round about 4pm, Dad will round up the kids and send them to the creek to get a few buckets of mud to splash on the 4WD"
"And of course countless bush survival television shows have told them to always travel in convoy, in case you get stuck in a situation. Like your air conditioning gets stuck on hot, or your cassette player chews your Billy Joel collection."