Scott Anderson (1/27/2009)
I'm still up in the air about all this hybrid stuff...I was at a dealer for car inspection and there was a Prius idling in the parking lot for over an hour. I went to a sales rep and mentioned it and he said they had to charge it. I guess you can't plug them in.
If you've got to let it idle to charge now and then, what's the point of having a hybrid?
Can you imagine a world where tens of thousands Prius's are in driveways idling away to charge thier batteries??....that's not saving our resources. I'd like to know if the MPG computer conveniently forgets idle time.
It all seems shady to me, like the hybrid is the bone the car companies throw to appease the environmentalists.
They are that. Creating the batteries and such for modern hybrids actually has more negative effect on the environment than the expected lifetime reduction in air pollution.
And I'm not talking about the replacement of the batteries, I'm talking about mining the metals, manufacting and shipping the batteries, etc.
There are plug-in kits for hybrids that avoid the idling thing. I don't believe they are in common use at this time.
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