Re: [Amc-list] Hydrogen power

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Jeffrey.Bohler@xxxxxxxxxxxx said:


>"and the dirty little secret is - how much pollution does toyota
>generate as a side effect of prius manufacture?  some 15-20 years ago,
>i heard that for most cars it was as much as the car would make during
>its lifetime.  and then there's the pollution of scrapping the car the
>prius displaces..."
>
>Not to mention that if a person replaces a car with a Prius, most likely
>their car old remains on the road with another owner still emitting
>pollutants into the air.


Actually, the EPA admits that the least environmentally-damaging habit is to keep an old car on the road as long as possible.  The faster they are thrown away, the more resources wasted.  This holds true even when they need major repairs.  It is **still** better from an environmental standpoint to repair than discard and replace.

Once again, you have to look on the "back end" too, not just the front end.

-- Marc




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