[Eug-lug] hardware query...

[Allen Brown]

Heh!  I'll split the difference between "yes" and "no":  I don't know.
But I was looking at dollar costs when I bought it.  Naturally it
depends a lot on your assumptions about the future.  I assumed
gasoline would go up a lot.  So far it has.  I bought the car in 2005.

Hmm.  Shouldn't we be getting back to FOSS?
-- 
Allen Brown
http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown

> Hey Allen,
>
> Good one to ask since you own one.  (Doing a little straw poll of owners
> to see if what I've heard is true).
>
> Buddy with the first model (looks like an Echo) claims that in the fine
> print it says straight up that the energy and resources it takes to
> create one of these hybrids will never be recovered in the reasonable
> life of the car.
>
> Is this true?
>
> (About half the Prius owners I've asked say yes, other half say bullsh*t).
>
> BTW, love how this thread is unraveling--or re-raveling.
>
> Allen Brown wrote:
>> My Prius MPG:
>>
>>          summer winter
>> city      55     48
>> highway   52     45
>>
>> Of course, driving style has a strong influence.