Subaru staying in teh green

Post by **complacent** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:36 pm

I thought this had been posted a while back, but here's a USA Today article talking about how the local Subaru plant is landfill free.

I think that's pretty kick ass personally. A big enough deal that it would be weighed in any car shopping I would be doing (were I in the market, that is).

w00t.

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:54 pm

complacent wrote:(were I in the market, that is).

From my experience you're always in the market. I'll see you next year when you tire of "teh new 00ntz".

Post by **ElZorro** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:57 pm

We've known eachother for almost 4 years, and you've had ?4? cars and ?4? bikes? Yea, you'll be looking again in 12 months.

drwrx · Post by **drwrx** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:07 pm

Yep, it still makes you want to kick a Prius driver in the nuts.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:36 pm

Awesome that Subaru is doing it I really wish someone would compare the total pollution generated over the life time of a car, from production to the junk yard. Prius' are full of great chemicals. I can only imagine what is going to happen when the first generation of them starts dying.

Bluestreak2006 · Post by **Bluestreak2006** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:25 pm

^^^ What he said!

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:06 am

Those Prius batteries are full of nickel. The Chinese pay the Canadians to mine the stuff, then they boat it over to China for assembly into batteries. Then they ship the batteries back to NA for inclusion onto the car.

How exactly is that saving energy? I would like to know the exact envioronmental impact from the strip mining, transport, assembly, transport, and assembly for each vehicle.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:49 am

zaxrex wrote:Those Prius batteries are full of nickel. The Chinese pay the Canadians to mine the stuff, then they boat it over to China for assembly into batteries. Then they ship the batteries back to NA for inclusion onto the car.

How exactly is that saving energy? I would like to know the exact envioronmental impact from the strip mining, transport, assembly, transport, and assembly for each vehicle.

I'm sure that's one of the factors of that report that came out last year saying that a Prius had more detrimental impact on the environment than an H2. if I weren't at work I would search for it. it may have even been posted somewhere on the forums.

avriette · Post by **avriette** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:51 pm

Mr Kleen wrote:
zaxrex wrote:Those Prius batteries are full of nickel. The Chinese pay the Canadians to mine the stuff, then they boat it over to China for assembly into batteries. Then they ship the batteries back to NA for inclusion onto the car.

How exactly is that saving energy? I would like to know the exact envioronmental impact from the strip mining, transport, assembly, transport, and assembly for each vehicle.
I'm sure that's one of the factors of that report that came out last year saying that a Prius had more detrimental impact on the environment than an H2. if I weren't at work I would search for it. it may have even been posted somewhere on the forums.

Add to the above all the numbskulls in the HOV lanes doing 75 in their "hybrids." You'd get better mileage from a corvette in sixth.

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