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To: RetiredNow who wrote (275384)	2/19/2006 10:07:54 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) of 1571899

"A plug-in hybrid converted Prius, can get as much as 30-35 miles on battery recharged from your outlet, before it switches back to the regular hybrid function. Most people drive less than that on any given day. Estimates are that increases avg mpg to anywhere from 75 to 100 mpg." The electricity used to recharge the car is generated somewhere. Unless it's generated at a nuke plant or a windmill, it's generated by burning something, oil, gas or coal. Depending on HOW it's generated, it could actually cause MORE pollution than burning the equivalent in gasoline (cars are pretty "clean" compared to some power plants). It's also less efficient, because of electrical transmission and conversion losses. So, it's not as magical as your thinking, and the mpg figures you give are not "real". For electric or gas/electric rechargable hybrid cars, we'll need to come up with some new metric of their efficiency other than "MPG" - we KNOW the energy isn't free. My bicycle gets an infinite mpg, but I can testify that it doesn't pedal itself!

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