Re: Green vehicles of 2007

I wonder how much pollution is added the various parts of the ecosystems, to
mine the nickel in Canada, then ship it to China and to make the batteries a
county with few environmental laws? Possible more than the hybrid will
prevent? ;)

mike


"Fred G. Mackey" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A good summary of the 12 best and worst green vehicles.
http://www.greenercars.com/bestof.html

In the best list it's all Asian makes. Most here know who they are!
In the worst Mercedes has 4 places and Chrysler has 2, giving DC 50% of
the worst vehicles.

It doesn't take into account how much it costs (environmentally) to make
those hybrids.

Mining all that nickel and shipping it all over the world for processing
and manufacture is a huge hit to the environment.


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