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To: DMaA who wrote (5311)	5/4/2006 2:11:11 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

I see them as a passing fad. They aren't going to get us off oil anymore then ethanol at this point. We need to drill and we need to refine and that is really all their is too it. In the mean time we get lunatic dictators rich and talk about 100 dollar rebate checks. I've decided our legislators are as useless as balls on a heifer. A nuke going off in DC while they were in session wouldn't be an all bad thing.

To: DMaA who wrote (5311)	5/4/2006 2:14:29 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 14758

Be interesting to see what the resale value of a 5 year old Hybrid is going to be. Going to depend on whether the batteries have been replaced or not.

To: DMaA who wrote (5311)	5/4/2006 2:21:38 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 14758

for now it appears the hybrids (at least the prius) is maintaining a better resale value...from the link i posted Value retention is another area not considered in the above calculations. The Prius debuted in 2001 for $19,99544 and the same year model is now worth $15,058,45 a 75.3% retention of value over the five year period. The Corolla retailed at about $12,568 in 200146 and now sells for about $7,496,47 a 59.6% value retention over the same period. however, i'm not so sure that will remain the case...'early adopters' generally have not been well rewarded in todays economic environment, and i think the cost of the hybrids will inhibit the rate of diffusion, next to a home, the automobile is still the second largest purchase the most consumers will make...not to mention there are competing potentially disruptive technologies on the horizon such as hydrogen fuel cells)