Re: Article: Plug-in hybrid

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: 
In article <arSdnQpa4vvHH2LfRVn-og@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 jim beam <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Is this like buying a book-sized battery pack to stick to the back of your iPod so that you can go longer between charges?


yes. and claiming higher mpg when in fact all you're doing is substituting motive energy from gas to motive energy from the electric utility company. once you're outside the range of the extra battery pack, mpg goes back to where it was before, or worse due to additional charging losses. 


And additional weight with less carrying capacity.

That was really my point--what are you achieving except to move your transportation costs from one energy bill to another?

you got it!

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