Comments on: Googlediving, hybrid vehicles, and energy consumption http://sortingoutscience.net/2007/11/28/_googlediving_hybrid_vehicles_and_energy_consumption/ Science for people who never knew it could be interesting Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Flit http://sortingoutscience.net/2007/11/28/_googlediving_hybrid_vehicles_and_energy_consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Flit Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:18:46 +0000 http://sortingoutscience.net/2007/11/28/_googlediving_hybrid_vehicles_and_energy_consumption/#comment-77 This reminds me a little of a Prius review I read on a motoring site a while back. The reviewer concluded that a Prius was not worth buying because it wouldn't pay for itself in fuel savings. Which is ridiculous, no regular petrol cars pay for themselves either, why hold the Prius to a different standard. Oh, and don't forget how dangerous they are to pedestrians because they are so quiet. This reminds me a little of a Prius review I read on a motoring site a while back. The reviewer concluded that a Prius was not worth buying because it wouldn’t pay for itself in fuel savings. Which is ridiculous, no regular petrol cars pay for themselves either, why hold the Prius to a different standard.

Oh, and don’t forget how dangerous they are to pedestrians because they are so quiet.

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