Comments on: Toyota Prius Plug-In launched within weeks

By: Marcoz

Marcoz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:07:21 +0000

heheh…

Ditto that…

By: lazybones

lazybones — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:16:53 +0000

Yeah right, why would you care. You are being poised every time you fill up your car. (http://www.caradvice.com.au/49432/manly-servo-first-to-use-new-fuel-pump-technology/)

You inhale pollutants everytime your drive behind another car. There are several studies about the negative health effects of cars already. (http://www.goodcleantech.com/2009/05/report_diesel_emissions_cause.php)

The question is do we really want to know, or do we even care?

By: lazybones

lazybones — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:04:57 +0000

And lets not forget the Terrorist Industry which is party sponsored by the petroleum industry. It creates jobs for Paramedics, builders, Explosives manufactures the world over. Its all good

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:53:28 +0000

how many calligraphers, portrait painters, blacksmiths etc were put out of work versus the impact on coal mining and petroleum industry.

There are many times more people involved in the coal industry and petroleum industry as over the years our countries have become heavily geared/reliant on them.

Biro manufacturing would have created more jobs than it would have erased,

Portrait painting still exists so that seems invalid

Also manufacturing wheels for cars would have created more jobs than it erased, although black smiths still exist, and truth be told in the same numbers

Building a wind farm will not create more jobs than it erases in the coal industry.

Building a wind farm will not create more jobs than it erases in the petroleum industry

By: Philthy

Philthy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:39:14 +0000

If EV’s take over, petrol engines wil phase out gradually. People in the petroleum industry will retrain or retire (or die).

Same deal as with calligraphers, portrait painters, blacksmiths etc.

By: Philthy

Philthy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:31:32 +0000

What a load of crap.

Humans are inherently selfish, nothing anyone ever does is selfless. Never ever.

By: Philthy

Philthy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:29:45 +0000

Do you sleep next to a clock radio, do the walls in your house have electrical cables, do you use a microwave, electric oven, does your car have a battery, starter motor, electric windows, seat, sunroof, wipers….

Are you typing this on a computer??

P.S. there is no proven link between mobiles and cancer.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:43:10 +0000

Ive got no doubt the Volt is the better proposition.
GM needed it yesterday.
Best thing is it is styled in a manner that normal people would desire.
Prius just screams “I sit on a pillow when I drive”

Yes this is a step in the right direction, But I dont see how battery powered cars can be sustained from an eco point, which will then turn into a $ point.
EV’s will also cause job losses if they reach the ultimate goal with them.

Renewable energy and plugging in at home will see job losses to miners, coal truck and train drivers, console workers, fuel tanker drivers.
These are commonly unthought of issues that the government will have to be very mindfull of before outlawing the petrol engine

I see EV’s as a gap filler, and if gap filling is what you are after then I reckon Gas is the better option

By: Shak

Shak — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:43:44 +0000

Get one thing straight, the Volt is an EV, and the Prius is available as a PLug in and a Hyrid. The Volts petrol engine does not drive the wheels, the Prius’ does in hybrid mode. The plug in will be a step in the right direction but really needs to be more innovative than that.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:36:26 +0000

of course not,
this big global green effort is about trees, not human life