Pretty good hybrid article - GreenHybrid

billyt1963 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 05:35 PM

This is a newsletter I get at work (I work at a electric utility) and I thought this was a good article to pass on.

http://www.energycentral.com/site/ne.../ebi.cfm?id=22

I hope everyone enjoys it.

Billy

Hot_Georgia_2004 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 06:29 PM

A positive article about hybrid cars?
Wonder who let that one slip under the radar?

Time to put someone on the payroll.

billyt1963 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 06:42 PM

I think the circulation is rather small. I have been trying to help as best I can though!

Billy

Lewis · #4 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 07:46 PM

Good piece. Thanks for posting it.
Lewis

Delta Flyer · #5 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 07:52 PM

Quote:

If the U.S. had a goal that 50 percent of all vehicles on the road in 10 years would be some form of hybrid, gasoline consumption could go down by a quarter.

coyote · #6 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delta Flyer

If the U.S. had a goal that 50 percent of all vehicles on the road in 10 years would be some form of hybrid, gasoline consumption could go down by a quarter.

While that is no doubt true, and worthy of repeating as often as we can, I still have a suspicion that we in the US would nonetheless find a way to screw that up.

"Step right up folks! Git yer Hummer Hybrid Hemi Horsepower Hog, the new H5! Triple the horsepower and only half the MPG! And knock the crap out of that dorky enviro-techno-geek hyper-freaking-miler while you're at it with our new monster-thumper 24 inch rims and super-baja knobby tires..."

<sigh>

xcel · #7 (**permalink**) 09-07-2005, 10:53 PM

Hi Coyote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by coyote

"Step right up folks! Git yer Hummer Hybrid Hemi Horsepower Hog, the new H5! Triple the horsepower and only half the MPG! And knock the crap out of that dorky enviro-techno-geek hyper-freaking-miler while you're at it with our new monster-thumper 24 inch rims and super-baja knobby tires..."

<sigh>

___Funniest quote of the day, hands down!

___Billyt1963, thanks for the link!

___Thanks for the laugh

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net

Wangofree · #8 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005, 03:25 AM

Good article Billy, thanks.

Perhaps someday hybrids will account for 99% of the vehicles on the road and they'll be refered to as just "cars".

AZCivic · #9 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wangofree

Perhaps someday hybrids will account for 99% of the vehicles on the road and they'll be refered to as just "cars".

Very likely. How many people tout the fact their car is fuel injected these days? It's obviously a term you still hear used from time to time, but it was really only 25 years ago the electronic fuel injection hit the mainstream and today it's so commonplace that it's rarely even mentioned.

EricGo · #10 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005, 09:19 AM

I am as rabid a hybrid enthusiast as they come -- or so I have been told. But I disagree with the 90% of market outlook for HEVs.

Hybrid tech -- at least in its current form of all petrol for motive force, is a solution for driving large cars efficiently. Yes, I call the Prius and Civic large cars.

The near future of 5 - 10 years hence will be small cars with 1 Litre engines for people with small budgets, and Plug-ins for those that can afford them. I love Toyota and Honda -- they are already planning to bring to the US their super minis, a couple years ahead of what 95% of the US population can imagine today. Hooray for forward thinkers!