Have to agree with this. My 1969 BMW 1600 weighed 2068lbs. My current 2005 MINI Cooper S is a porky 2650! Of course, the MINI has double the power and 50% better gas mileage!
Prius is very sensitive to outside temperature, use of air conditioning, heater, etc. Our mileage goes from 45 in (not very hot) summer to 35 in winter. There are few reports of main battery failure because there are few reports of battery failure. Heater is not electric, but runs off the coolant in the gas engine like any car. AC runs off the gas engine like any other car. Remember Prius is a gas-powered vehicle. Unless you have the new plug-in version, all its input energy comes from gasoline. Heater is power consuming whether or not it is powered by engine heat or electricity. Electricity and engine heat both come from burning gasoline. Without gas, the Prius Gen III can go only about 1-2 miles on the battery.
In Rochester, NY our 2007 Prius gets 45mpg in the summer and 35mpg in the winter. On long trips, it gets over 50. No other car that size can do that (diesel VW may be an exception) In Hawaii, my wife's 2012 Prius is getting 50mpg. 99.9+mpg makai and 25mpg mauka. (Good time to refresh your Hawaiian.)
If other hybrids can't do this, then they are just fake hybrids that have just enough electrical hardware to get the label, but not enough to do anything useful. Or, they have 300-400hp and are not designed to save gas.
Higher mileage does not lead to lower total fuel consumption that might hurt big oil. Apparently people just drive more. Refs needed, but I think it's fairly obvious that fuel use in the US keeps increasing while car mileage standards are ever higher.
Has nearly everyone forgotten that the only mileage car makers are allowed to advertise are the EPA numbers? It is illegal for car companies to advertise their own mileage data even if they know the EPA value is wrong. You are free to consult independent testers like Consumer Reports or Road & Track etc. to get other info, but the manufacturers themselves can't say, "The EPA mileage is X, but we know you REALLY get Y (wink,wink)."
So if a person is a person and a corporation is a "person", then if a site posts something harmful to a person it's OK, but if they post something harmful to a "person" it's copyright infringement?
The organic farmers I've talked to claim they lose 30% of their produce to insects and disease. Honestly, I don't know how anyone can stay in business with losses like that.
There used to be a requirement for a working model before a patent could be issued. No longer as of 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_model. I'm pretty sure it is possible to patent things that don't actually work. Items like perpetual motion machines are automatically rejected as a category though.
You cannot make an argument against safety even if what you are doing is wasteful. What if there is an attack right after the TSA is disbanded? This is political suicide and no one will do it. If I want to make the TSA even larger, this is considered improving safety! It's like trying to argue that the speed limit should be raised or even eliminated. Remember: "If even one life is saved, it is all worthwhile!"
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Have to agree with this. My 1969 BMW 1600 weighed 2068lbs. My current 2005 MINI Cooper S is a porky 2650! Of course, the MINI has double the power and 50% better gas mileage!
Prius is very sensitive to outside temperature, use of air conditioning, heater, etc. Our mileage goes from 45 in (not very hot) summer to 35 in winter. There are few reports of main battery failure because there are few reports of battery failure. Heater is not electric, but runs off the coolant in the gas engine like any car. AC runs off the gas engine like any other car. Remember Prius is a gas-powered vehicle. Unless you have the new plug-in version, all its input energy comes from gasoline. Heater is power consuming whether or not it is powered by engine heat or electricity. Electricity and engine heat both come from burning gasoline. Without gas, the Prius Gen III can go only about 1-2 miles on the battery.
If other hybrids can't do this, then they are just fake hybrids that have just enough electrical hardware to get the label, but not enough to do anything useful. Or, they have 300-400hp and are not designed to save gas.
Higher mileage does not lead to lower total fuel consumption that might hurt big oil. Apparently people just drive more. Refs needed, but I think it's fairly obvious that fuel use in the US keeps increasing while car mileage standards are ever higher.
Has nearly everyone forgotten that the only mileage car makers are allowed to advertise are the EPA numbers? It is illegal for car companies to advertise their own mileage data even if they know the EPA value is wrong. You are free to consult independent testers like Consumer Reports or Road & Track etc. to get other info, but the manufacturers themselves can't say, "The EPA mileage is X, but we know you REALLY get Y (wink,wink)."
Unless you want to pay for my cruise to Hawaii, choosing another means of transport is not reasonable.
For the best talking dog story, see "Small" by H. Allen Smith. It's in a book called "How to Write Without Knowing Nothing". Very funny! http://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Without-Knowing-Nothing/dp/B0007DL4DM/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325866453&sr=1-4
Mahalo for pointing out that Honolulu is not on the Big Island. Fun place to visit, but it's hardly serene".
or a Prius
If you people would just leave cell phone companies alone, they would naturally all do the right thing by their customers!!!
So if I'm a paranoid nut job, I'm supposed to trust a Chinese Lemote notebook not to spy on me?
Maybe we should all send him mail...
That's just weird. I too have a surplus of cheese and not enough crackers...
Typical AC remark...
This needs some additional explanation. Why is signal use prohibited?
I pay the Verizon bill by having my bank, ESL, mail them a check. No fee from Verizon and all the convenience of on-line bill paying.
or dessert you.
So if a person is a person and a corporation is a "person", then if a site posts something harmful to a person it's OK, but if they post something harmful to a "person" it's copyright infringement?
Organic alcohol is my favorite: http://www.imakenews.com/gaultbmw/e_article002241575.cfm?x=b11,0,w
The organic farmers I've talked to claim they lose 30% of their produce to insects and disease. Honestly, I don't know how anyone can stay in business with losses like that.
Blue is the traditional Muslim color. Just heard it on a Rick Steves Europe travel program about Turkey.
I hear frogs like green. You must be a frog.
There used to be a requirement for a working model before a patent could be issued. No longer as of 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_model. I'm pretty sure it is possible to patent things that don't actually work. Items like perpetual motion machines are automatically rejected as a category though.
You cannot make an argument against safety even if what you are doing is wasteful. What if there is an attack right after the TSA is disbanded? This is political suicide and no one will do it. If I want to make the TSA even larger, this is considered improving safety! It's like trying to argue that the speed limit should be raised or even eliminated. Remember: "If even one life is saved, it is all worthwhile!"