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Old 01-03-2009, 08:12 AM   #3
Brucelee
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Originally Posted by MikeM
Yes...what is the payback exactly??
I heard a radio interview with a guy who is an expert on this technology the other day. He was talking about what a dismal failure Toronto has going with their hybrid buses. He says the technology simply does not work.
His conclusion is that once you manufacture and recycle all those batteries,from an environmental footprint perspective,you might as well have been driving a Hummer the whole time.
Seems there is alot of work still to be done with Hybrids....

I agree. The diesel advances in Europe would seem to make the Hybrid kind useless.
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