How the 'spin machine' works
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04-18-2007, 02:02 PM
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Re: How the 'spin machine' works
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...041102109.html
He is so wrong about everything else and now he has substituted "zinc" for "nickel" in trying to parrot this right-wing nonsense. It is a sad state of affairs when facts and data are ignored for politically correct nonsense like George Will's column. Pathetic.
Bob Wilson
George Will . . .
Speaking of Hummers, perhaps it is environmentally responsible to buy one and squash a Prius with it. The Prius hybrid is, of course, fuel-efficient. There are, however, environmental costs to mining and smelting (in Canada) 1,000 tons a year of zinc for the battery-powered second motor, and the shipping of the zinc 10,000 miles -- trailing a cloud of carbon dioxide -- to Wales for refining and then to China for turning it into the component that is then sent to a battery factory in Japan.
Opinions differ as to whether acid rain from the Canadian mining and smelting operation is killing vegetation that once absorbed carbon dioxide. But a report from CNW Marketing Research ("Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles from Concept to Disposal") concludes that in "dollars per lifetime mile," a Prius (expected life: 109,000 miles) costs $3.25, compared with $1.95 for a Hummer H3 (expected life: 207,000 miles).
Speaking of Hummers, perhaps it is environmentally responsible to buy one and squash a Prius with it. The Prius hybrid is, of course, fuel-efficient. There are, however, environmental costs to mining and smelting (in Canada) 1,000 tons a year of zinc for the battery-powered second motor, and the shipping of the zinc 10,000 miles -- trailing a cloud of carbon dioxide -- to Wales for refining and then to China for turning it into the component that is then sent to a battery factory in Japan.
Opinions differ as to whether acid rain from the Canadian mining and smelting operation is killing vegetation that once absorbed carbon dioxide. But a report from CNW Marketing Research ("Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles from Concept to Disposal") concludes that in "dollars per lifetime mile," a Prius (expected life: 109,000 miles) costs $3.25, compared with $1.95 for a Hummer H3 (expected life: 207,000 miles).
Bob Wilson
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05-03-2007, 12:42 PM
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Re: How the 'spin machine' works
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition...19_dom.art.htm
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What the 'right wing' spin machine does is have one person post a lie, a bald-faced, not in touch with reality lie. Then the rest of the machine 'cites' that source, thus giving credence to the lie. It really is disgusting to anyone who loves and lives by truth.
Bob Wilson
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He (Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute) cites a study by an automotive research group, CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., that calculated total energy use for several car models. Ebell says the overall energy outlay for the Prius � from design to the junkyard � is costlier "than for an SUV like my Chevy TrailBlazer. It takes a huge amount of energy just to fabricate those batteries."
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He (Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute) cites a study by an automotive research group, CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., that calculated total energy use for several car models. Ebell says the overall energy outlay for the Prius � from design to the junkyard � is costlier "than for an SUV like my Chevy TrailBlazer. It takes a huge amount of energy just to fabricate those batteries."
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What the 'right wing' spin machine does is have one person post a lie, a bald-faced, not in touch with reality lie. Then the rest of the machine 'cites' that source, thus giving credence to the lie. It really is disgusting to anyone who loves and lives by truth.
Bob Wilson
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