Posted on 08/25/2008 9:06:41 AM PDT by Publius804
Green With Envy: Prius Owners Smile as Neighbors Fume
Monday , August 25, 2008
By Meg Shannon
Every morning, as Lynn Schmidt walks out of her Long Island, N.Y., home, opens the door to her baby-blue Prius, waves to her grumbling neighbor and pulls out of the driveway, she has every reason to smile.
It's not just the 45 miles per gallon her gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle is getting. And it's not only that she can go three weeks without a fill-up.
It's also because that through her choice of automobile, Lynn is doing what she considers her share of being ecologically reasonable.
"Everyone should be concerned about the level of emissions," says Schmidt. "We all need to do our part and make changes for the better."
She's not alone. With skyrocketing oil prices, many owners of hybrid vehicles and practitioners of the "green" lifestyle are seeing their eco-friendly choices pay off.
But that's led to some grumblings from late adopters and charges that the greener-than-thou are guilty of "eco-snobbery."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“Sure you’re on the right website? I think you missed the turn to DU.”
The writer was saying that the environmental impact of disposing of batteries from the Prius would be extremely difficult. Is it not true that the environmental impact of disposing of radioactive waste would be as difficult as disposing of batteries? But please be sure to let me know in the future if I happen to write something that offends your sensibilities.
thanks for that info — I did not know that.
BUMP!
The Sudbury mine has produced nickel since 1859, continuously and, presumably profitably.
The Prius was introduced to the world in 2001, after being available in Japan for 4 years.
This paragraph is the ultimate in ignorance, demagoguery, selective knowledge and opportunism.
Yes, the Prius is often driven by terminally doped up greens and environmental freaks, but then MBs were used almost universally by the Nazi High Command. Doesn't make them any less popular today among the cash rich, mentally deficient entertainers and poseurs in all professions.
Getting back to Sudbury, the drumbeat of whining frenzy against this mine fails, totally, to address the use of Nickel for the previous 138 years.
Imagine that.
Isn't clueless propaganda wonderful?
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