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Old 05-07-2006, 01:47 AM   #16
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Bad news for Hybrid owners anyway, something that isn't made explicitly known is the fact that about 6-9 years down the line, your battery for your electric motor is going to take a **** and you're going to have to replace it. Replacement cost? Not too much, you know that 8K or so you saved on gasoline by having a hybrid? Yea, save that, because you WILL need it. And all that good stuff you did for the environment by not making as much emissions will just about offset the long-term ecological disaster from all the batteries from all the hybrids that have to be disposed of. I'm a big fan of the fuel-cell idea! There is an emission too, it is not totally emission free. Let's see, you get some hydrogen together and you oxygenate it, hmm, hydrogen and oxygen what do they make when they are combined. Oh wait, that's right WATER! There are several cities that have buses that run on fuel-cells, I think NJTransit has a couple. There are fuel-cell cars in california. It's a totally renewable energy source! Also I'm all for bio-diesels too btw.
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