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To: average joe who wrote (13677)	6/12/2007 7:36:14 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) of 36918

That is a very good essay. But I think it is pretty likely that the truth is somewhere between the two positions. Warming is likely, but it wont be all that dramatic--and it will certainly take a very long time. It isn't worth creating a religion over. Some dislocations will occur--so you deal with it if and when it happens. I saw this past week that Toyota has now sold one million Priuses. The vehicles are approximately $5000 overvalued. I think that five BILLION dollars would probably have been better spent elsewhere... Prius owners could have bought absolution by spending the five billion on useful infrastructure, like reservoirs for impoverished regions affected by climate variability. Anyway... And the total cost of ownership of a Prius is suprisingly high. There may be some environmental issues with the Prius as well with mining the nickle. The vehicles complexity means it costs a lot of extra energy and resources to make one versus a simpler car. And on and on. Anyway, I did a little surfing and found three vehicles that are a lot cheaper to own---and get good mileage: Scion xB Toyota Yarus Honda Fit

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