Salvatore Walls: it pullouts alot more to make these so called good cars because of how there made the price to replace those batteries when they go out will be more then the car is worth plus the batteries weigh alot so it will kinda drag the car down a little bit so its gonna have to use gas to keep going the batteries have to go someone where and that's not good for the earth
Kara Tabian: Unfortunately there is a bunch of FUD about the Prius spread by those who don't like it for whatever reason. While no car is "good" for the environment, the Prius is as good as it gets unless you go fully electric and purchase a Telsa or Leaf.First the battery is made in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan in a factory jointly owned by Panasonic and Toyota. It's not made in India--it's never been made in India.Actually, the not green claims have been debunked so many times that it's amazing people still bring them up.The Prius vs. Hummer study was so flawed it doesn't even pass a sniff tes! t. The two main points of the study Hummers get 300,000 miles while Prius only gets 100,000 miles and the batteries only last five years have been proven to be false. Most Hummers don't go for more than 100,000 miles without expensive maintenance while Prius owners are starting to report over 300,000 and more trouble-free miles. The batteries have proven to be very reliable, very recyclable, and not particularly expensive to replace.As far as the Sudbury mine and the Prius goes it's basically FUD:1. Some of the nickel for the NiHM batteries comes mainly from the Sudbury, Ontario, Canada mine. There are other nickel mines throughout the world. Toyota isn't saying how much comes from where.2. The information used by the detractors comes from the 1960s when the mine, like most all mines, were pretty bad environmentally. During the 1980s the mine was cleaned up and it now wins environmental awards from Environment Canada and others. (AFAIK, there weren't many Prius made in the ! 1960s and 1970s, any you find should be worth a fortune).3. On! ly about 1% of the mine's total output is used for NiMH batteries of all kinds. Much of the other 99% is used mainly for tableware and automotive chrome although there are many other uses for nickel, such as coins. This means that even if the claims were true, which they aren't, the environmental impact wouldn't change if no hybrid batteries were produced.4. All car manufactures ship materials and cars over the world. Toyota is no worse than any other. Note that most of the Toyotas sold in North America are made in North America and with 80% of parts being supplied from North America. The Prius is an exception to this. The Camry hybrid is made in the Kentucky plant.5. The Prius sold in Japan, Europe, and North America are made in Japan in the Tsutsumi Plant. There is a plant in China but Prius from there are only sold in China and I believe they are different than the ones sold elsewhere.6. The Prius is made in a zero-landfill factory (so are many other Toyotas).7. There is! a plan to manufacture the Prius in the Mississippi plant that's currently being built. There is no date set when the production might start. (I believe they will start producing Corollas there until the "kinks" are worked out, though that may change).8. Most of the plastics in the Prius are bio-plastic rather than petroleum based.9. A good portion of the repair manual consists of instructions on how to recycle the various components. For example, the wiring harness can be removed with a single pull so the copper can be recycled.My 2004 Prius has cost 12 cents per mile for dealer maintenance, tires, and fuel combined over the 135,000 trouble-free miles I've driven so far and it still runs like new. It would take a lot to get me back to an old fashioned car.2004 Prius MPG from the logbook. (Complete years only):2003-2004 -- 50.8 mpg 17,628 miles2005 -- 52.6 mpg 14,688 miles2006 -- 56.3 mpg 16,174 miles2007 -- 57.3 mpg 18,384 miles2008 -- 59.9 mpg 21,755 miles2009 -- 61.4 mpg! 16,177 miles2010 -- 65.2 mpg 12,134 miles2011 -- 66.9 mpg 11,272 miles! ...Show more
Doreatha Kjellsen: Yes.All famous car shows have mentioned this.The Prius parts are made in different countried and brought together to be manufactured. That wastes lots of gas and causes lots of pollution in shipping and relocating parts. In addition, the battery is very harmful to the environment when you try to produce one and dispose of one.While the Prius is already made and driven, it is not bad for the environment. Making them and disposing of them is bad for the environment.*...Show more
Irving Jordahl: This is not an intelligent question...
Emeline Albracht: Some, but not enough to matter. Just about everything that happens on earth is "bad" for the environment, according to those who believe that every place on earth is supposed to look like Dora the Explorer just arrived there.Just smile and exhale your share of carbon dioxide. There's a tree somewhere that will appreciate it....Show more
Danyell Rowback: entire BS. That che! cklist replaced into initially revealed by ability of CNW merchandising and marketing, which does merchandising and marketing paintings for GM. GM owns Hummer. CNW merchandising and marketing works for GM. You do the maths. The U.S. branch of power's Argonne nationwide Laboratory, the Pacific Institute, and MIT all have regarded on the CNW merchandising and marketing checklist and desperate that it is not rather well worth the paper it is revealed on. it is truthfully form of humorous how GM did a one hundred eighty and spent $a million Billion money to advance their 2-mode Hybrid device, which by ability of how additionally makes use of nickel steel hydride batteries. it is likewise relatively worth pondering here: - the Sudbury nickel mine has been working because 1960, 30 years in the past the Prius hit the marketplace interior the U.S.. - The U.S. Mint makes use of extra nickel in step with 12 months to make money than Toyota makes use of for batteries. you do no longer! see every physique screaming bloody homicide that your pocket substitu! te is polluting the atmosphere. - There are numerous a lot of intense-temperature nickel alloys in one prevalent plane jet engine. no person is screaming bloody homicide at Boeing or Airbus or every physique else who builds airplanes. - a lot of nickel is used to offer stainless-steel for business shape daily. CNW merchandising and marketing's activity is to attempt to sell you the Hummer by ability of bashing the Prius. appears like they don't seem to be doing an extremely good activity pondering Hummer's sales numbers interior the previous numerous months. :-P...Show more
Coleen Carignan: Those that drive Prius' emit large amounts of "Smug" into the environment. This is extrememly harmful, even more so than CO2 emissions.
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