Originally Posted by
kaluwa
There was a study done that proved that the process of manufacturing any hybrid vehicle has a much larger effect on the environment than that of producing a normal vehicle. They said that the "damage" from building a hybrid outweighed what the hybrid would do to "save" the environment over time.
If you search google you can probably find the article. It was probably a year or so ago.
how does this make any sence at all? No matter what, during the life of the car it will put out less polution or w/e then nonhybrid cars and THAT is the comparison. Of course its gunna do some damage building but how would it do more than any other vehicle? The fact is, we are gunna build cars. would you want one to do less damage while you drive it?
BTW, i would drive a hybrid depening on comfort, price, and size before gas milage to a point. IE if i had a 5 person family, the new hybrid suburban with about 20mpg sounds ok.