Posted on 06/19/2008 1:44:33 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
I wonder if people wearing pacemakers have reported any effects?
Microwave? What do they think their Computer Monitor generates?
None dare call it "science by anecdote?"
Comparing a 200-volt DC system with High-voltage AC transmission lines (500,000v) requires a very advanced degree in stupid...
There really is website for everything, isn’t there?
Since the average saving of the hybrid drivers over is something like $.12 a mile your wife must be driving about 3300 miles a month.
These are probably the same tree huggers that wear magnetic bracelets.
Probably nothing close to ‘microwaves’ morelike
kilohertz frequencies.....Unless you’re talking about
possible processor data bus line circuit traces, but this would all be low power....
Can it get stupider?
I’d like to see the gas bills and mileage totals to shore that up.
Not challenging, but a savings of $400 a month implies a lot of driving.
“Saves me about $400 a month in fuel.”
As opposed to driving what?
What is the “NCPA,” “Rand”-lite?
They just cant win for losing can they.
If that wire isn’t coiled, it would take one hell of a lot of current to generate a significant EMF. At that point, I would say you’d be in more danger of battery explosion.
EMF has been studied for years, I’m not worried. The biggest dose of EMF you can get without climbing a radar tower or going to a government test facility is an electric blanket. They put out huge ammounts of EMF and people have been using them for a hundred years.
Radio reception in the thing is good too, I doubt there is even a significant EMF.
None of them are still alive to make the report.
It is also the reason libs play acoustic not electric guitar.
My understanding that a 'hybrid' will be economical on the city driving because the electric can switch in for the gas, but on straight highway it's mostly gas...I don't see the need or savings of a hybrid for my driving situation.
So you can get a net payback on the upcharge of buying a Prius (for how much $$) vs. a (for example only) a 4 -cylinder Ford Fusion SEL (26/34) @ $21,000 in how many months? [Fusion has higher initial quality ratings and (much) lower lifetime TCO when you count Hybrid battery refit.)
BTW, check your math (and you may have already; no flame intended)... to save $400/mo in fuel, at $4/gal she has to be *saving* 100 gallons. Even vs. an Expedition or Suburban that’s 1500 miles per month ( 50 miles every day )
Serious commuter, eh?
FWIW, I *LIKE* hybrid cars and wish I had one ‘cuz they’re cool. I currently drive a paid for reliable vehicle that gets 22/26 MPG (Ford Escape). There is basically NO economic model for me to replace that vehicle with a hybrid anything, not even a hybrid Escape. *IF* all people replace conventional vehicles at end of useful life with hybrids, that’ll be a good thing.
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