05-30-2008, 07:14 PM
[quote Black Landlord]
Puke. They might be better for the planet than combustion engine vehicles, but you are not helping the planet by driving a hybrid vehicle.
It's in our interest to preserve the conditions that allow our species to flourish here. Maybe hybrid cars aren't much of a solution, and there are possible temporary health tradeoff involved, but it's better than driving giant trucks and SUVs as if there's no tomorrow.
Having seen millions of years and several mass extinctions, "the planet" was here before we were, and it'll be here long after we're gone. Hopefully this brief, dirty industrial age oil-and-gas thing will someday be a distant memory for our species. We often arrogantly we think we're remotely capable of "destroying the planet". But let's not get carried away. The "planet" doesn't care what we drive.
Note the weasel-words and phrases that hold that alleged health warning together: "some studies have associated with" "potential hazards, etc. When you can't prove cause and effect, the next best word is "associated".
ALMOST without exception, scientists and policy makers agree that hybrid vehicles are good for the planet.
Puke. They might be better for the planet than combustion engine vehicles, but you are not helping the planet by driving a hybrid vehicle.
It's in our interest to preserve the conditions that allow our species to flourish here. Maybe hybrid cars aren't much of a solution, and there are possible temporary health tradeoff involved, but it's better than driving giant trucks and SUVs as if there's no tomorrow.
Having seen millions of years and several mass extinctions, "the planet" was here before we were, and it'll be here long after we're gone. Hopefully this brief, dirty industrial age oil-and-gas thing will someday be a distant memory for our species. We often arrogantly we think we're remotely capable of "destroying the planet". But let's not get carried away. The "planet" doesn't care what we drive.
Note the weasel-words and phrases that hold that alleged health warning together: "some studies have associated with" "potential hazards, etc. When you can't prove cause and effect, the next best word is "associated".